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J. Mater. Sci. Technol. 2009, 25(02) 145-150 DOI:     ISSN: 1005-0302 CN: 21-1315/TG

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Keywords
Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics
Carbon nanotubes
Polyamide 6
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Hong Meng
Guoxin Sui
Guangyou Xie
Rui Yang
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Non-isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Polyamide 6/Diamine-modified MWNTs Nanocomposite

Hong Meng,Guoxin Sui ,Guangyou Xie and Rui Yang

Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

Abstract

The non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polyamide 6/diamine-modified multi-walled carbon nanotube (PA6/D-MWNT) nanocomposite was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The modified Avrami equation, the Ozawa equation and the combined Avrami/Ozawa equation were employed to analyze the non-isothermal crystallization data. The crystallization activation energies were also evaluated by the Kissinger method. It was found that the combined Avrami/Ozawa equation could successfully describe the non-isothermal crystallization process. The results showed that D-MWNTs not only acted as effective hetero-geneous nucleating agents for PA6 and noticeably increased the crystallization temperature of PA6, but also influenced the mechanism of nucleation and crystal growth of PA6 and then reduced the overall crystallization rate of the neat PA6 matrix. The crystallization activation energy for the nanocomposite sample was greater than that of the neat PA6, which indicated that the addition of D-MWNTs hindered the mobility of PA6 chain segments.

Keywords Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics   Carbon nanotubes   Polyamide 6  
Received 2008-04-18 Revised 2008-05-12 Online: 2009-10-10 
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the Hundreds' Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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