China Plastics ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (10): 26-30.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2021.10.005

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Thermal Distortion Performance of Injection Molded Stereocomple Poly(lactic acid)

WU Tengda(), ZHUANG Jibin, DIAO Xuefeng, WANG Qingwen   

  1. Jinyoung (Xiamen) Advanced Materials Technology Co,Ltd,Xiamen 361028,China
  • Received:2021-03-10 Online:2021-10-26 Published:2021-10-27

Abstract:

The stereocomple poly(lactic acid) (SC?PLA) powders were prepared through melt blending using poly (L?lactic acid) and poly(D?lactic acid) as raw materials and then were injection molded to form SC?PLA parts. The melting, crystallization and thermal properties of SC?PLA powders and parts were characterized using a differential scanning calorimeter and a thermal deformation temperature tester. The results indicated that the crystallization ability of SC?PLA was related to the initial melting state. The melting stabilization time of SC?PLA increased in the melting temperature range of 220~230 °C, which facilitated the crystallization and was suitable for injection molding of SC?PLA. The better the crystallization ability of SC?PLA with low crystallinity of homopolymer PLA, the higher was the heat distortion temperature of the injection?molded parts of SC?PLA. The crystallization ability of SC?PLA could be increased through decreasing injection temperature and using the formulation based on SC?PLA powders and PLLA/PDLA mixture. The injection?molded parts of SC?PLA achieved a maximum heat distortion temperature of over 150 °C after annealing. During injection molding, the heat distortion temperature of the samples after annealing could be improved through retaining more SC?PLA crystals and increasing the crystallinity of SC?PLA.

Key words: stereocomple poly(lactic acid), injection molding, heat distortion temperature

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