Some mechanical properties of solvent-treated polypropylene films

✍ Scribed by S. C. O. Ugbolue; T. C. Uzomah

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 480 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/app.1995.070550101

✦ Synopsis

The amount of polypropylene (PP) extracted by hot solvent extraction increased with increasing naphtha in a naphtha/reformate solvent blend. The stress-strain curves formed the basis for the calculation of several mechanical properties of the residual film. The yield stress, the natural draw ratio, secant modulus, breaking factor, and work expended in drawing were maximum at a 10/90 naphtha/reformate composition. These were explained in terms of extraction of low molecular weight and atactic materials leaving a more stereoregular block, giving maximum properties with the least removal of polymer materials. Further increases in the naphtha component, however, decreased these properties, possibly due to the greater solubilizing effect of naphtha for the PP chains.