The non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of pure polyamide 1010 (PA1010) coating and PA1010/nano-ZrO2 composite coating prepared by flame spraying
was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at various cooling rates.The Avrami analysis modified by Jeziorny and a new Mo method could describe the non-isothermal crystallization processes of PA1010 and PA1010/nano-ZrO2 composite coating very well.The values of Zc and n increased with increasing cooling rate.The value of kinetic parameter F(T) increased
and the values of a had no significant change with increasing degree of crystallinity for PA1010 and PA1010/nano-ZrO2 composite coating
respectively.The difference in the value of exponent n between PA1010 and PA1010/nano-ZrO2 composite coating suggested that the nano-ZrO2 act as nucleation agents of PA1010.The values of half-time of crystallization and crystallization rate coefficient (CRC) showed that the crystallization rate of PA1010/nano-ZrO2 composite coating was faster than that of PA1010 at a given cooling rate.