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Investigation on Foamed PP/Nano-CaCO3 Composites in a Combined in-Mold Decoration and Microcellular Injection Molding
Kui Yan1, Wei Guo1,2,3,4, Huajie Mao2,3,5
1School of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
Abstract:
A combined in-mold decoration and microcellular injection molding (IMD/MIM) method has been used in this paper. The foamed PP/nano-CaCO3 composites were prepared to investigate their mechanical properties, cellular structure, and surface quality. The content of nano-CaCO3 varied from 0 to 10 wt %. The results showed that nano-CaCO3 acted as a reinforcing phase and nucleating agent, which help to improve the mechanical properties of foamed composites. The cellular structure and mechanical properties were optimum when the nano-CaCO3 content was 6 wt %. In the vertical section, the cell size and density of transition layer on the film side was bigger than that on the non-film side. In the parallel section, the cell ratio of length to diameter of transition layer on the film side was smaller than that on the non-film side, and the cell tile angle was larger than that on the non-film side. With nano-CaCO3 content increasing, the surface quality showed a trend of decreasing first and then increasing.
