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Effect of composition on fracture behavior of polypropylene–wollastonite–polyolefin elastomer system

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The fracture behavior of polypropylene (PP)–wollastonite–polyolefin elastomer (POE) in the mixed mode region was studied using the essential work of fracture (EWF) method. The relationship between the microstructure and the fracture parameters was analyzed. The effect of wollastonite content on the essential work of fracture and the work of plastic deformation was discussed. The energy dissipation during a double-edge-notched tension (DENT) test was calculated with the EWF method. It was found in the mixed mode region that σn increases with shortening of the ligament length region as plastic constraint effect rises and variation of the specific total work of fracture with ligament length was still reasonably linear within the mixed mode region. With increasing wollastonite content, w e (specific essential work of fracture) increases, while the βw p (specific non-essential work of fracture) decreases. The measurements of energy dissipation show that improvement in the fracture toughness of PP–wollastonite–POE is mainly due to the increase in crack propagation resistance during the necking and tearing processes after yielding, while the plastic deformation capability of the material depends mainly on the properties of fracture behavior before yielding. It is also found that the impact strength of the material decreases with increasing wollastonite content. However, the composition with high impact strength has lower specific essential energy of fracture and lower long-term fracture resistance, indicating that EWF is a better indicator of long-term fracture properties than the impact strength. DSC results show that the presence of wollastonite hinders crystallization of the PP.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the support by the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (07JJ6016).

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  1. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Institute of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China

    Zhuo Fu, Wenli Dai & Xiaoxuan Zou

  2. Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Hunan Province, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China

    Zhuo Fu, Wenli Dai & Haimei Yu

  3. Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China

    Baiquan Chen

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Fu, Z., Dai, W., Yu, H. et al. Effect of composition on fracture behavior of polypropylene–wollastonite–polyolefin elastomer system. J Mater Sci 46, 1272–1280 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-4911-8

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