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Article

Experimental Investigation of Polypropylene Composite Drawn Fibers with Talc, Wollastonite, Attapulgite and Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

by
Costas Tsioptsias
1,*,
Konstantinos Leontiadis
1,
Stavros Messaritakis
2,
Aikaterini Terzaki
2,
Panagiotis Xidas
3,
Kyriakos Mystikos
3,
Evangelos Tzimpilis
1 and
Ioannis Tsivintzelis
1,*
1
Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
2
Plastika Kritis S.A., R Street, Industrial Area of Heraklion, GR-71408 Heraklion, Greece
3
Thrace Nonwovens & Geosynthetics S.A., Magiko, GR-67100 Xanthi, Greece
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Polymers 2022, 14(2), 260; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14020260
Submission received: 23 November 2021 / Revised: 28 December 2021 / Accepted: 5 January 2022 / Published: 9 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art Polymer Science and Technology in Greece)
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Abstract

Isotactic polypropylene (PP) composite drawn fibers were prepared using melt extrusion and high-temperature solid-state drawing at a draw ratio of 7. Five different fillers were used as reinforcement agents (microtalc, ultrafine talc, wollastonite, attapulgite and single-wall carbon nanotubes). In all the prepared samples, antioxidant was added, while all samples were prepared with and without using PP grafted with maleic anhydride as compatibilizer. Material characterization was performed by tensile tests, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Attapulgite composite fibers exhibited poor results in terms of tensile strength and thermal stability. The use of ultrafine talc particles yields better results, in terms of thermal stability and tensile strength, compared to microtalc. Better results were observed using needle-like fillers, such as wollastonite and single-wall carbon nanotubes, since, as was previously observed, high aspect ratio particles tend to align during the drawing process and, thus, contribute to a more symmetrical distribution of stresses. Competitive and synergistic effects were recognized to occur among the additives and fillers, such as the antioxidant effect being enhanced by the addition of the compatibilizer, while the antioxidant itself acts as a compatibilizing agent.
Keywords: drawn polymer fibers; nanocomposites; carbon nanotubes; talc; wollastonite; attapulgite; antioxidant; compatibilizer drawn polymer fibers; nanocomposites; carbon nanotubes; talc; wollastonite; attapulgite; antioxidant; compatibilizer
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Tsioptsias, C.; Leontiadis, K.; Messaritakis, S.; Terzaki, A.; Xidas, P.; Mystikos, K.; Tzimpilis, E.; Tsivintzelis, I. Experimental Investigation of Polypropylene Composite Drawn Fibers with Talc, Wollastonite, Attapulgite and Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes. Polymers 2022, 14, 260. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14020260

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Tsioptsias C, Leontiadis K, Messaritakis S, Terzaki A, Xidas P, Mystikos K, Tzimpilis E, Tsivintzelis I. Experimental Investigation of Polypropylene Composite Drawn Fibers with Talc, Wollastonite, Attapulgite and Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes. Polymers. 2022; 14(2):260. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14020260

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Tsioptsias, Costas, Konstantinos Leontiadis, Stavros Messaritakis, Aikaterini Terzaki, Panagiotis Xidas, Kyriakos Mystikos, Evangelos Tzimpilis, and Ioannis Tsivintzelis. 2022. "Experimental Investigation of Polypropylene Composite Drawn Fibers with Talc, Wollastonite, Attapulgite and Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes" Polymers 14, no. 2: 260. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14020260

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Tsioptsias, C., Leontiadis, K., Messaritakis, S., Terzaki, A., Xidas, P., Mystikos, K., Tzimpilis, E., & Tsivintzelis, I. (2022). Experimental Investigation of Polypropylene Composite Drawn Fibers with Talc, Wollastonite, Attapulgite and Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes. Polymers, 14(2), 260. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14020260

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