Characterization of a Polypropylene Filled using Scanning Electron Microscopy and X

The objective of the present study is to understand the influence of cashew nutshell powder and calcium carbonate composition on the crystallinity and microstructure of polypropylene matrix. The microstructural characterization and change in the crystallinity of the polypropylene composites prepared by thermal compression was carried. Morphological properties and the crystallinity of the pure polypropylene, polypropylene/calcium carbonate and polypropylene/cashew nutshell powder are reported. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X methods were used for the sample analyses. Scan g PP: 40 g CaCO 3, 60 g PP: 40 g CNSPand 50 g PP: 50 g CaCO are no phases that are grossly separated. The XRD analysis has shown that there was increase in d spacings of the Polypropylene composites of fillers content 40 g and 50 g (both Cashew Nutshell Powder and Calcium Carbonate) compared with the Polypropylene without filler shift of peak positions to lower positions was also observed in the polypropylene compo compared with the unmodified Polypropylene. The c (87.50 %) for the Filled polypropylene (50 g: 50 g) Cashew Nutshell Powder compared to the remaining composites of the same filler’s compositions.