Physical and mechanical characterization of polypropylene films chemically modified with acrylic acid as grafting agent

F. CLEMENTE; S. PICCAROLO; V. PETTARÍN; L. FASCE; P. FRONTINI

Mar del^Plata, Argentina

Simposio; International Research Seminar on Engineering with Plastics, Plastinet Final Meeting; 2006

Plastinet Network

In this work, the mechanical, fracture, optical and transport properties of chemically surface modified polypropylene films were investigated. It was found that physical properties such as light transmittance, water permeation, and wettability were highly influenced by surface modification. On the other hand, the bulk mechanical and fracture properties resulted highly dependent on film orientation but independent of modification.