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Transcrystallisation in PP/flax composites and its effect on interfacial and mechanical properties

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The effect of flax fibre reinforcement on the crystallisation behaviour of polypropylene (PP) was investigated using a hot-stage polarising optical microscope. To follow the crystallisation kinetics, crystallisation temperature and time were varied. At crystallisation temperatures between 130 and 138 °C the most uniform and thickest transcrystalline layers were formed. The effect of transcrystallisation on the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) in micro-composites was studied by the fibre pull-out test method. It was found that the IFSS of the PP/flax system is slightly decreased with the presence of a transcrystalline interphase. Finally, the influence of the formation of a transcrystalline zone on the macromechanical properties of compression moulded PP/flax composites was studied.

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  1. School of Engineering and Materials Science, Centre for Materials Research, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK

    Sanjeev Garkhail, Nattakan Soykeabkaew & Ton Peijs

  2. Eindhoven Polymer Laboratories, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Sanjeev Garkhail, Bart Wieland, Jayamol George & Ton Peijs

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Garkhail, S., Wieland, B., George, J. et al. Transcrystallisation in PP/flax composites and its effect on interfacial and mechanical properties. J Mater Sci 44, 510–519 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-008-3089-9

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