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Vol.2 , No. 2, Publication Date: Mar. 13, 2015, Page: 12-16
 were irradiated with different doses of γ-radiation (0, 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 Mrad). Differential scanning calorimetry, (DSC), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and FT-IR measurements were used to study the effects of γ-radiation on crystallinity, crystalline structure and thermal changes. It was found that crystalline structure, thermal behavior and crystallinity significantly changed with γ-irradiation. The crystallinity changes mainly depend on γ-irradiation dose, chain scission and crosslinking. The rise in crystallinity was found to be limited and related to chain scission. However, the reduction was accompanied by formation of crosslinking.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/905.jpg)
| [1] | Sameh A. S. Alariqi, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Taiz, Taiz, Yemen. |
| [2] | Niyazi A. S. Al-Areqi, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Taiz, Taiz, Yemen. |
| [3] | Elyas Sadeq AlAghbari, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Taiz, Taiz, Yemen. |
Low-crystalline polypropylene films (PP) were irradiated with different doses of γ-radiation (0, 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 Mrad). Differential scanning calorimetry, (DSC), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and FT-IR measurements were used to study the effects of γ-radiation on crystallinity, crystalline structure and thermal changes. It was found that crystalline structure, thermal behavior and crystallinity significantly changed with γ-irradiation. The crystallinity changes mainly depend on γ-irradiation dose, chain scission and crosslinking. The rise in crystallinity was found to be limited and related to chain scission. However, the reduction was accompanied by formation of crosslinking.
Keywords
Low Crystalline Polypropylene, Crystallinity, Thermal Behavior, γ-Radiation
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