# PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE AND SURFACE MODIFIED GLASS-FIBRE COMPOSITES

> Title: PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE AND SURFACE MODIFIED GLASS-FIBRE COMPOSITES Page Range: p.381-386 Author(s): Zhu L H; Sheng J F; Guo Z F; Ju X S; Li S; Chen Y F; Luo J File size: Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf...

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Published: 2014-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE AND SURFACE MODIFIED GLASS-FIBRE COMPOSITES**
 Page Range: p.381-386
 Author(s): Zhu L H; Sheng J F; Guo Z F; Ju X S; Li S; Chen Y F; Luo J
 File size:
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 22
 Issue No: No. 4

**Abstract**
 To improve the interfacial bonding between polypropylene (PP) and glass-fibre (GF), the surface modified glassfibre (SMGF) was prepared with the self-designed sizing containing organofunctional silanes and a copolymer. Then the SMGF-PP composites were prepared and those properties were observed by mechanical testing, light microscopy, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Mechanical tests displayed that SMGF-PP composites had an increase in tensile strength, tensile modulus, bending strength, bending modulus and notched impact strength compared to the pure PP. Light micrographs showed that the average fibre length of the composite was 397 (mu)m. XRD data indicated that the crystal size of SMGF-PP composites became smaller compared to pure PP, and SS form crystals of PP disappeared with the addition of SMGF to PP matrix. DSC data showed that SMGF could promote the crystallisation temperature of PP. TGA analyses showed that the thermal stability of SMGF-PP was better than that of pure PP. 12 Refs.

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