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Hybrid Glass Mat-reinforced Polypropylene-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites

Houphouet-Boigny, C  
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Plummer, C. J. G.  
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Dalle Vacche, S.  
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2010
Journal of Composite Materials

Polypropylene/montmorillonite (iPP/MMT) has been investigated as an alternative to isotactic polypropylene (iPP) as a matrix for glass mat thermoplastic (GMT) composites. The melt viscosity increased significantly on MMT addition, but iPP/5.9wt% MMT-based hybrid GMT preforms were fully impregnated after 30 s of compression molding, which is consistent with GMT industrial cycle times. The flexural modulus and strength increased monotonically with MMT content in consolidated hybrid GMT specimens prepared by compression molding, although the impact strength decreased. Moreover, the increases in the flexural modulus were greater than predicted from a conventional rule of mixtures taking into the measured Young’s moduli of the iPP/MMT matrices. Possible reasons for this are discussed.

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research article
DOI
10.1177/0021998309344639
Web of Science ID

WOS:000276955100004

Author(s)
Houphouet-Boigny, C  
Plummer, C. J. G.  
Dalle Vacche, S.  
Michaud, V.  
Wakeman, M. D.
Månson, J.-A. E.  
Date Issued

2010

Published in
Journal of Composite Materials
Volume

44

Issue

9

Start page

1075

End page

1097

Subjects

polypropylene

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nanocomposites

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glass mat thermoplastic

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mechanical properties

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REVIEWED

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January 21, 2010
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