Research Article

Nanolignin as Nucleating Agents Promoting Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene

Table 2

DSC results of iPP and nano-Lig/iPP composites.

SamplesTm (°C)H (J·g−1)Xc (%)Tc (°C)

iPP165.863.1130.49112.7
0.5 wt% nano-Lig/iPP165.473.6635.47114.0
1.0 wt% nano-Lig/iPP165.375.5736.88113.8
1.5 wt% nano-Lig/iPP164.168.5933.64114.0
2.0 wt% nano-Lig/iPP165.071.9435.46113.4

Tm is the melting temperature, ∆H is the melting enthalpy, and Tc is the crystallization temperature.