Properties and structural characterization of oxidized starch/PVA/α-zirconium phosphate composites
✍ Scribed by Yajuan Yang; Changhua Liu; Peter R. Chang; Yun Chen; Debbie P. Anderson; Mark Stumborg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 419 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Two series of composites, i.e., polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/oxidized starch (OST)/exfoliated α‐zirconium phosphate (POST‐ZrPn) and PVA/starch (ST)/exfoliated α‐zirconium phosphate (PST‐ZrPn), were fabricated using a casting and solvent evaporation method. The composites were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT‐IR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), tensile testing, and moisture uptake. Compared with PST‐ZrPn, POST‐ZrPn films with the same component ratio showed higher tensile strength (σ~b~), lower elongation at break (ε~b~) and improved water resistance. Additionally, in the POST‐ZrPn series, σ~b~ and ε~b~ increased with an increase in α‐zirconium phosphate (α‐ZrP) loading; however, higher α‐ZrP loads resulted in the aggregation of α‐ZrP particles. Compared with POST‐ZrP0, the values for σ~b~, ε~b~, and water resistance of POST‐ZrP3, containing 1.5 wt % α‐ZrP, were increased by 128.8%, 51.4%, and 30.2%, respectively. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010