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IJSTR >> Volume 4 - Issue 9, September 2015 Edition



International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research  
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research

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ISSN 2277-8616



Thermal Properties Of Chitin Whiskers Reinforced Poly(Acrylic Acid)

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AUTHOR(S)

Michael Ikpi Ofem, Musa Muhammed, Muneer Umar

 

KEYWORDS

Keywords: Activation energy, Chitin, filler loading, poly(acrylic), whiskers

 

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT: Thermal analysis(TGA) of samples of Chitin, PAA and Chitin-PAA complexes, containing different weight fractions of chitin whiskers were investigated. The activation energies (Ea) and other kinematic parameters; ΔS, ΔH, and ΔG for the filler, matrix and blend were calculated using the Coats and Redfern, Broido and Horowitz and Metzger methods at the second and third stages of decomposition. The study showed that the kinetic parameters for the composites lie between the matrix and the filler. .At each filler loading level, the activation energies, changes in enthalpies, entropies and Gibbs functions obtained using all three methods are comparable for the second region of decomposition. The pattern is such that the value of these energy parameters gradually decreased as filler loading decreases. The gradual increase in activation energy as filler increases is attributed to even dispersion of the whiskers and interfacial adhesion between the matrix and the chitin whiskers.

 

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