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Mehdi Raoufi

Mehdi Raoufi

Academic rank: Assistant Professor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8487-8934
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 37461862200
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Faculty: Engineering
Address: Arak University
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Research

Title
Advances in Materials Science Research
Type
Book
Keywords
Polypropylene, β-nucleation, XRD, Izod impact strength, Thermal properties, DCS
Year
2015
Researchers Khadijeh Mohammadnejad ، Alireza Fazlali ، Aboulfazl Barati ، Seyed Abdolali Zolanvari ، Mehdi Raoufi ، Amir Hosein Mohammadi

Abstract

Appling a nucleation agent was investigated for creation of the β-form in polypropylene which is a polymorph material. The β-propylene (β-PP) was produced from melt mixing of polypropylene and nucleation agent (combination of calcium stearate and pimelic acid) in a twin screw extruder. Studies on the β-form creation, including effects of different factors such as concentration of the nucleation agent, cooling rate, evaluation of melting and crystallization behaviors for the nucleated samples, were conducted by XRD and DSC analyses. Examination of the mechano-physical properties as well as thermal properties indicates that creation of β-form in polypropylene were raised the crystallization temperature about 15°C, toughness and impact strength for 15%, thermal deformation temperature about 20°C, and also tensile strength and elongation at break show some extent. A reduction in flexural modulus and yield strength was also achieved in the β-form