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Talc Filled PP: Compounding of Polypropylene

The document discusses compounding polypropylene with talc and mica fillers. Talc increases stiffness, decreases shrinkage and warpage, and improves thermal conductivity compared to calcium carbonate fillers. Typical properties of talc-filled polypropylene include higher tensile strength, flexural modulus, heat deflection temperature, and hardness than unfilled polypropylene. Mica offers some unique characteristics as a filler for polypropylene but is less popular than talc or calcium carbonate.

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Talc Filled PP: Compounding of Polypropylene

The document discusses compounding polypropylene with talc and mica fillers. Talc increases stiffness, decreases shrinkage and warpage, and improves thermal conductivity compared to calcium carbonate fillers. Typical properties of talc-filled polypropylene include higher tensile strength, flexural modulus, heat deflection temperature, and hardness than unfilled polypropylene. Mica offers some unique characteristics as a filler for polypropylene but is less popular than talc or calcium carbonate.

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6/19/2020 Techno - commercial information on plastics Industry - News on Plastics Industry - Plastemart.

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Compounding of Polypropylene

Talc Filled PP
Talc, chemically is hydrated magnesium silicate and can be represented at 3 MgO.4SiO2-H2O. Naturally occuring talc
can exist in various forms like fibrou,s lamellar, needle, modular etc.
A typical composition of talc is as under:
SiO2 :40-62%
Al2O3 :0.2-11%
Fe2O3 :0.1-0.5%
FeO :0.1-6.0%
CaO :0.3-1.0%
MgO :30-33%
H2O :16-17%

Typical Mineral properties are


Density :2.90 g/cc
Oil absorption :28-51 g/100 g. powder
Moh's Hardness :1

Talc is generally selected to achieve higher stiffness than is possible with CaCO3, although at the cost of reduced
impact strength and greater sensitivity to moisture. It helps to decrease shrinkage and warpage and increases thermal
conductivity of the PP compound. Additional effects are higher HDT's and higher tensile strength as compared to
CaCO3 formulations.
Table (2) summarizes typical physical properties of talc filled PP.

Table 2 : Typical product properties of talc filled - PP


Property Homopolymer Copolymer
Unfilled Unfilled 20% 40% Unfilled 20% 40%
Melt flow rate, condition L,g/10 4 3.5 2.8 4 3.5 2.8
min.
Density, g/cc 0.903 1.05 1.22 0.899 1.04 1.22
Tensile strength (yield) MPa. 35 34 31 27 28 26
Flexural modulus(1% secant), MPa 1656 2484 3278 752 2208 2898
Rockwell R hardness 99 98 95 82 87 85
Heat deflection temperature (deg. 88 110 118 77 105 114
C)
Notched izod (23C), J/m 42 32 21 133 53.38 32

In addition to structural and thermal property improvements, talc contributes to better dimensional stability, enhanced
thermoforming opacity and depending on talc grade, white colour. The purity of talc is particularly important to the
thermal properties. The presence of metal ions can catalyze the degradation of PP, which will decrease the long-term
thermal stability of the composite. Small amounts of stabilizer packages are often used in combination with talc, as in
under- the hood applications. Surface treated talc do not affect the thermal properties of PP adversely.

Talc-filled masterbatches are available at loading upto 75%. Dark talc is often used for exterior and interior automotive
engineering applications where colour is not so critical Although the reinforcement properties of dark talc are lower
than those of white-talc grades, the dark talc provides acceptable performance and costs less.. Often compounds for
such applications contain both talc and CaCO3. White talc are used in PP garden furniture and domestic appliances
such as washers, dryers etc. PP is the largest volume plastic usage for talc. Talc provides the structural strength
(stiffness) and high temperature resistance needed for automotive and appliances.

Mica Filled PP
Mica as a filler is not quite as popular as CaCO3 or talc, but it does offer some unique characteristics.
Mica occurs as complex structures of potassium and/or aluminium sillicates namely, Typical mineral properties are:
Density : 2.80 g/cc
Moh's hardness: 4
Oil absorption :48-500 g/100 g powder

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