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THESIS - ROC CH ... - FINAL - resubmission.pdf - University of Guelph

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specimens that have been cryo-crushed using liquid nitrogen with a mortar and pestle.<br />

Extruded SPI base film showed two dominant amorphous peaks near 2Ɵ = 9 and 19.5° which<br />

correlate with literature findings <strong>of</strong> casted SPI films (Luo et al. 2008; Wu et al. 2009). With the<br />

addition <strong>of</strong> fiber, some specimens (SNF0.25, SMF0.25, and SMF1.0) showed a disappearance<br />

<strong>of</strong> the peak at 2Ɵ = 9°. Luo et al. (2008) have also had similar findings with transparent<br />

SPI/cellulose blend films created by complete dissolution <strong>of</strong> the both polymers. Since chemical<br />

dissolution should result in greater interactions, this may suggest that a disappearance <strong>of</strong> this<br />

peak could highlight interaction between SPI and cellulose. This would correlate with previous<br />

findings except for SMF1.0 where the trend does not fit. However, there might be other<br />

interactions independent <strong>of</strong> mechanical strength that was overlooked which affected crystallinity<br />

<strong>of</strong> the blend films.<br />

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