Effects of Dynamic Vulcanization on Thermal Properties of Calcium Carbonate Filled Polypropylene/Ethylene Propylene Diene Terpolymer Composites

In this study, dynamic vulcanization process was used to improve the thermal properties of calcium carbonate filled composites. the composites were prepared using a z-blade mixer at 180oc and rotor speed 50rpm. thermogravimetric analysis (tga) and differential scanning calorimetry (dsc) techniques were used to analyze the thermal properties of the composites. the vulcanized and unvulcanized pp/epdm composites were filled by caco3 at 0, 10, 20, 30, and 40 %wt. meanwhile, thermogravimetric analysis indicates that the total weight loss of pp/epdm/caco3 composites decreased with increasing filler loading. dynamic vulcanized composites have higher thermal stability, while the crystallinity of pp/epdm/caco3 composites were increased as compared to unvulcanized composites. therefore, the thermal properties were improved by the presence of dynamic vulcanization process.