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Melting and crystallization of PHB/ZnO compounds

Effect of heating and cooling cycles on phase transition

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Compounds of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and zinc oxide with filler content between 1 and 10% were prepared in a laboratory internal mixer. The effect of heating and cooling rates on the crystallization and melting of PHB/ZnO compounds was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. Physical aspects of the compounds were examined by means of scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy. Melt and cold crystallization rates rise with increasing cooling/heating rates. The melt crystallization temperatures and maximum melt crystallization rates are almost unaffected by the filler, independent on the filler concentration. The main effect of ZnO on PHB is to reduce the overall crystallinity obtained after a successive melt and cold crystallization events. For defined filler content, Mo model can be applied for the description of tested and untested heating/cooling rates, provided that a lower accuracy is acceptable.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank to PHB Industrial SA (Brazil) for kindly supplying PHB resin and to Pedro Queiroz (CERTBIO—UFCG) for Optical Microscopy images. NGJ, IDSS and MCBN thank CNPq for their fellowship. AR thanks CAPES for his post-doctoral fellowship.

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    Ingridy Dayane dos Santos Silva, Nichollas Guimarães Jaques, Manoel da Cruz Barbosa Neto & Renate Maria Ramos Wellen

  2. Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Paraiba, João Pessoa, PB, 58051-900, Brazil

    Pankaj Agrawal & Andreas Ries

  3. Materials Engineering Department, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, PB, 58429-900, Brazil

    Eduardo Luis Canedo

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dos Santos Silva, I.D., Guimarães Jaques, N., da Cruz Barbosa Neto, M. et al. Melting and crystallization of PHB/ZnO compounds. J Therm Anal Calorim 132, 571–580 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6749-7

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