苯乙烯-马来酸酐共聚物增容Nylon-6/ABS共混体系的形态和力学性能

通过熔融共混法制备了苯乙烯-马来酸酐共聚物(SMA)增容的尼龙6(Nylon-6)/ABS共混物.采用TEM、SEM、FTIR等研究了SMA增容的Nylon-6/ABS共混物的相形态与性能.发现在Nylon-6和ABS的简单共混体系中,分散相易聚集,相界面清晰,断裂面光滑,呈脆性断裂,相容性差.加入少量SMA后,共混物由共连续相结构转变为典型的"海-岛"结构,分散相分布均匀,界面粘接程度增加,表明SMA对Nylon-6/ABS体系有显著的增容效果.     

Raman,X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry studies of the melt-induced changes in uncompatibilized and compatibilized blends of high-density polyethylene and nylon 12

The crystallinity of non-molten and pre-molten uncompatibilized and compatibilized polymer blends of high density polyethylene (HDPE)/Nylon 12 have been investigated by using FT-Raman spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). The FT-Raman, DSC, and WAXD measurements have revealed that the crystallinity of HDPE of both uncompatibilized and compatibilized blends increases upon melting except for the compatibilized blend with the Nylon 12 content of 80 wt%. The degree of the increase is significantly larger for the uncompatibilized blends than the compatibilized blends. The FT-Raman data suggests that the crystallinity of the compatibilized blend with the Nylon 12 content of 80 wt% decreases slightly after melting. It is very likely that the compatibilized polymer blends are well oriented during the melting and molding process by an extruder because of the existence of maleic anhydride (MAH)-grafted copolymer as a compatibilizer. In contrast, it seems that the uncompatibilized polymer blends are not so much oriented and have more amorphous phase in the Nylon 12 rich region before melting. Thus, the melting process induces a recrystallization process.     

Morphology and properties of isotactic polypropylene/poly(ethylene terephthalate) in situ microfibrillar reinforced blends: Influence of viscosity ratio

In situ microfibrillar reinforced blends based on blends of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) were successfully prepared by a “slit extrusion-hot stretching-quenching” process. Four types of iPP with different apparent viscosity were utilized to investigate the effect of viscosity ratio on the morphology and mechanical properties of PET/iPP microfibrillar blend. The morphological observation shows that the viscosity ratio is closely associated to the size of dispersed phase droplets in the original blends, and accordingly greatly affects the microfibrillation of PET. Lower viscosity ratio is favorable to formation of smaller and more uniform dispersed phase particles, thus leading to finer microfibrils with narrower diameter distribution. Addition of a compatibilizer, poly propylene-grafted-glycidyl methacrylate (PP-g-GMA), can increase the viscosity ratio and decrease the interfacial tension between PET and iPP, which tends to decrease the size of PET phase in the unstretched blends. After stretched, the aspect ratio of PET microfibrils in the compatibilized blends is considerably reduced compared to the uncompatibilized ones. The lower viscosity ratio brought out higher mechanical properties of the microfibrillar blends. Compared to the uncompatibilized microfibrillar blends, the tensile, flexural strength and impact toughness of the compatibilized ones are all improved.     

The effect of various compatibilizers on thermal,mechanical, and morphological properties of polystyrene/polypropylene blends

The effects of various compatibilizers on thermal, mechanical and morphological properties of 50/50 polypropylene/polystyrene blends were investigated. Various compatibilizers, polystyrene-(ethylene/butylenes/ styrene) (SEBS), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), polystyrene-butylene rubber (SBR) and blend of compatibilizers SEBS/PP-g-MAH, EVA/PP-g-MAH, and SBR/PP-g-MAH were used. Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, wide-angle X-ray scattering, scanning electron microscopy, microhardness, and Izod impact strength were adopted. It was found that the influence of various compatibilizers was appeared on all the properties studied. The properties of the blends compatibilized with SEBS, EVA, and SBR are very distinct from those of blends compatibilized with blend of compatibilizers. Results show that compatibilized blends with the blend of compatibilizers EVA/PP-g-MAH, SBR/PP-g-MAH, and SEBS/PP-g-MAH or SBR were relatively more stable than the uncompatibilized blend and blend compatibilized with SEBS or EVA. The compatibilizer does not only reduce the interfacial tension or increase the phase interfacial adhesion between the immiscible polymers, but greatly affects the degree of crystallinity of blends.

     

Raman and Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction Studies on Molecular Structure,Crystallinity, and Morphology of Uncompatibilized and Compatibilized Blends of High Molecular Weight Polyethylene/Nylon 12

Molecular structure, crystallinity and morphology of uncompatibilized and compatibilized blends of high molecular weight polyethylene (HMWPE) and Nylon 12 were investigated by using Fourier-transform (FT) Raman spectroscopy, wide-angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). One of the important purposes of the present study is to compare the present results for HMWPE/Nylon 12 with the previously obtained results for high-density polyethylene (HDPE/Nylon 12). Uncompatibilized and compatibilized blends of HMWPE/Nylon 12 with a Nylon 12 content ranging from 10 to 90 wt% at increments of 10 wt% were prepared. The compatibilized polymer blends were prepared by adding a small amount of maleic anhydride (MAH), and SEM images show that the addition of the small amount of MAH (0.5 wt%) yields a marked improvement of dispersion of HMWPE and Nylon 12. To evaluate the crystallinity of HMWPE from Raman spectra, the relative intensities of bands at 1418 and 1129 cm⁻¹ to the intensity of a band at 1000 cm⁻¹ (I₁₄₁₈/I₁₀₀₀ and I₁₁₂₉/I₁₀₀₀) were estimated for all the uncompatibilized and compatibilized blends of HMWPE/Nylon 12. From the comparison of the relative intensities (I₁₄₁₈/I₁₀₀₀ and I₁₁₂₉/I₁₀₀₀) between the uncompatibilized and compatibilized blends of HMWPE/Nylon 12 it was found that when the Nylon 12 content reaches 40 wt% the crystallinity of HMWPE in the compatibilized blends becomes higher than that of HMWPE in the uncompatibilized blends. The uncompatibilized and compatibilized blends of HMWPE/Nylon 12 (50/50) show quite different x-ray diffraction patterns; the compatibilized blend shows a significantly larger orientational effect in the x-ray pattern of HMWPE. It seems that the increase of interaction of MAH-HMWPE with the Nylon 12 matrix leads to the additional crystallinity.     

Reactive compatibilization of polyamide‐6 (PA 6)/polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) blends by a multifunctional epoxy resin

A multifunctional epoxy resin has been demonstrated to be an efficient reactive compatibilizer for the incompatible and immiscible blends of polyamide‐6 (PA 6) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). The torque measurements give indirect evidence that the reaction between PA and PBT with epoxy has an opportunity to produce an in situ formed copolymer, which can be as an effective compatibilizer to reduce and suppress the size of the disperse phase, and to greatly enhance mechanical properties of PA/PBT blends. The mechanical property improvement is more pronounced in the PA‐rich blends than that in the PBT‐rich blends. The fracture behavior of the blend with less than 0.3 phr compatibilizer is governed by a particle pullout mechanism, whereas shear yielding is dominant in the fracture behavior of the blend with more than 0.3 phr compatibilizer. As the melt and crystallization temperatures of the base polymers are so close, either PA or PBT can be regarded as a mutual nucleating agent to enhance the crystallization on the other component. The presence of compatibilizer and in situ formed copolymer in the compatibilized blends tends to interfere with the crystallization of the base polymers in various blends. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 38: 23–33, 2000     

THE EFFECT OF BLENDING SEQUENCE ON PHASE MORPHOLOGY OF NYLON 6/ABS/SMA BLENDS

The preparation process-dependent phase morphology of blends composed of nylon 6 and acrylonitrile-butadiene- styrene(ABS)over a composition range of 30-70 wt% using a styrene-maleic anhydride(SMA)copolymer as the compatibilizing agent with a constant content(5phr)was investigated.The results of the scanning electron microscope (SEM)observation revealed that compared with the binary blends of nylon 6 and ABS,the existence of SMA caused a composition shift of phase inversion to a higher weight fraction of...     

Morphology of PC/SAN blends: effect of reactive compatibilization,SAN concentration,processing, and viscosity ratio

This article examines the effects of dispersed phase concentration, processing apparatus, viscosity ratio, and interfacial compatibilization using an SAN–amine compatibilizer on the morphology of blends of bisphenol A–polycarbonate (PC) with styrene–acrylonitrile (SAN) copolymers. For uncompatibilized blends, the dispersed phase particle size increased significantly with SAN concentration, and was found to exhibit a minimum at a viscosity ratio of approximately 0.35 for a fixed concentration of 30% SAN in the blend. Although the morphology of uncompatibilized PC/SAN blends mixed in a Brabender mixer, single‐ and twin‐screw extruders were quite similar, the twin‐screw extruder produced significantly finer morphologies in blends containing SAN–amine. The average particle size for blends compatibilized with the SAN–amine polymer was approximately half that of uncompatibilized blends and was relatively independent of viscosity ratio and dispersed phase composition. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 71–82, 1999     

Synthesis of PP-g-MAH and evaluation of its effect on the properties of glass fibre reinforced nylon 6/polypropylene blends

Polymer blends based on polyolefins constitute materials of a great interest owing to their broad spectrum of properties and practical applications. However, due to the poor compatibility of the components, most of these systems are generally characterized by high interfacial tension, low degree of dispersion and poor mechanical properties. It is generally accepted that PP and Nylon 6 are not compatible and that blending of these materials results in poor properties. This compatibility can be improved by the addition of a compatibilizer. In this study, the PP is first functionalised by Maleic Anhydride (MAH) in the presence of an optimized amount of Dicumyl peroxide (DCP). The reaction was carried out in the molten state using an internal mixer. Then, once the compatibilizer (PP-g-MAH) was prepared, it was added at a various concentration (2.5 - 10 wt.%) to 30/70 Glass Fiber Reinforced Nylon 6 (GFRN6)/PP and their mechanical properties are evaluated. It has been found that the incorporation of the compatibilizer enhances the tensile properties (tensile strength and the modulus) as well as the izod impact properties of the notched samples. This was attributed to better interfacial adhesion as evidenced by SEM. The optimum in these properties is reached at a critical PP-g-MAH concentration (5 wt.%).     

Thermogravimetric and dynamic mechanical analysis of LLDPE/EMA blends

The thermal stability of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE)/ethylene methyl acrylate (EMA) blends was studied using thermogravimetry. The blend ratio as well as the presence of compatibilizer has significant effect on thermal stability of the blends. The compatibilization of the blends using LLDPE-g-MA has increased the degradation temperature. Phase morphology was found to be one of the most decisive factors that affected the thermal stability of both uncompatibilized and compatibilized blends. Dynamic mechanical behavior of the blend was studied by dynamic mechanical analysis. The storage modulus of the blends decreased with increase in EMA content. When compatibilized with LLDPE-g-MA the storage modulus of the blend increases. LLDPE-g-MA is an effective compatibilizer as it increases the thermal stability and modulus of the blend.     

Microhardness and thermal stability of compatibilized LDPE/PA6 blends

Microhardness tests, water absorption and thermogravimetric measurements have been performed on blends of low density polyethylene (LDPE) with different molar mass and polyamide 6 (PA6) compatibilized with 2 pph poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) (Escor 5001 by Exxon). The negative deviation of Vickers microhardness from the additivity has been interpreted by changes in the crystallinity of the blend components. The hardness values of the compatibilized blends that are lower than those of the corresponding uncompatibilized blends have been explained by the decrease of the degree of crystallinity of PA6 phase in the presence of Escor. The molar mass of LDPE almost does not influence on the hardness values. The lower water absorption of the compatibilized blends, caused by the formation of a copolymer between PA6 and the compatibilizer leads to microhardness values of the wet compatibilized blends higher than those of the corresponding uncompatibilized blends. The thermogravimetric measurements demonstrate that the thermal stability of blends increases in the presence of 2 pph Escor 5001. The results confirm the compatibilizing efficiency of Escor 5001 towards LDPE/PA6 blends in a wide composition range.     

Influence of microstructure and deformation behavior on toughening of reactively compatibilized polyamide 6 and poly(ethylene-co-butyl acrylate) blends

Influence of microstructure on impact toughness and fracture behavior of PA6 and EBA blends reactively compatibilized by EBA-g-MAH was quantitatively studied. The reactively compatibilized blends showed better distribution of elastomeric EBA particles in the PA6 matrix and the presence of EBA-g-MAH resulted in considerable reduction of interfacial tension between the component polymers. The interfacial adhesion between the PA6 and EBA phase in the compatibilized blends was enhanced by the interfacial reaction between the amide end-groups of PA6 and maleic anhydride group of EBA-g-MAH compared to uncompatibilized blends. The matrix ligament thickness and particle diameter values were lower than the predicted critical values and were responsible for the ductile behavior of the compatibilized blends. Stress whitening around the notch occurred in all the compatibilized blends which was the major energy dissipation zone in the blends. Matrix shear yielding or plastic flow without crazing was the dominant deformation mechanism in the tough compatibilized blends. There was no sign of shear yielding during impact fracture of the uncompatibilized blends where the elastomeric particles were completely dislodged from the matrix.     

New polyamide - based blends

Among polyamide based blends, PA/PP alloys show interesting technological properties due to low moisture absorption. A model class of PA6/PP homopolymer blends, compatibilized through the addition of PP-g-MA is described in the present work; the experimentally obtained morphologies are related to predictive equations for co-continuity, at given rheological conditions. PP/compatibilizer ratio = 4/1 is found to impart an optimum level of phase dispersion. Moisture absorption, dimensional stability, mechanical properties and morphology are related with blend composition.     

Deformation of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer droplets dispersed in a polyamide

The deformation of dispersed droplets of a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer in a polyamide (nylon 6) matrix was studied by morphological observation. An immiscible binary blend and compatibilized ternary blends were studied. For the uncompatibilized blend, the morphology of the blends was that of a typical immiscible blend showing poor adhesion and no deformation of the dispersed phase. For the compatibilized blend, deformation of the dispersed TLCP phase was observed even if the viscosity of the matrix was lower than that of the TLCP phase. Compatibilizer addition improved the interfacial adhesion, hence enabled TLCP droplets to be deformed. A simple mechanism for the deformation of TLCP droplets was presented considering characteristic rheological properties of the TLCP melt.     

Effect of maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene-propylene rubber on the mechanical, rheological and morphological properties of organoclay reinforced polyamide 6/polypropylene nanocomposites

Polyamide 6/polypropylene (PA6/PP = 70/30 parts) blends containing 4 phr (parts per hundred resin) of organophilic modified montmorillonite (organoclay) were compatibilized with maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene-propylene rubber (EPRgMA). The blends were melt compounded in twin screw extruder followed by injection molding. The mechanical properties of PA6/PP nanocomposites were studied by tensile and flexural tests. The microstructure of the nanocomposite were assessed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The dynamic mechanical properties of the PA6/PP blend-based nanocomposites were analyzed by using a dynamic mechanical thermal analyzer (DMTA). The rheological properties were conducted from plate/plate rheometry via dynamic frequency sweep scans. The melt viscosity in a high shear rate region was performed by using a capillary rheometer. The strength and stiffness of the PA6/PP-based nanocomposites were improved significantly with the incorporation of EPRgMA. Adding EPRgMA to the PA6/PP blends resulted in a finer dispersion of the PP phase. TEM and XRD results revealed that the organoclay was dispersed more homogeneously in the presence of EPRgMA, however, mostly in the PA6 phase of the blends. DMTA results showed that EPRgMA worked as an effective compatibilizer. The storage (G′) and loss moduli (G″) assessed by plate/plate rheometry of PA6/PP blends increased with the incorporation of EPRgMA and organoclay. Furthermore, the apparent shear viscosity of the PA6/PP blend increased significantly for the EPRgMA compatibilized PA6/PP/organoclay nanocomposite. This was traced to the formation of an interphase between PA6 and PP (via PA6-g-EPR) and effective intercalation/exfoliation of the organoclay.     

Polymer blends of polyamide-6 (PA6) and poly(phenylene ether) (PPE) compatibilized by a multifunctional epoxy coupler

A tetrafunctional epoxy monomer, N,N,N′-N′-tetraglycidyl-4,4′-diaminodiphenyl methane (TGDDM), has demonstrated to be a highly efficient reactive compatibilizer in compatibilizing the immiscible and incompatible polymer blends of polyamide-6 (PA6) and poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) (PPE). This epoxy coupler can react with both PA6 and PPE to form various PA6-co-TGDDM-co-PPE mixed copolymers. These interfacially formed PA6-co-TGDDM-co-PPE copolymers tend to anchor along the interface to reduce the interfacial tension and result in finer phase domains and enhanced interfacial adhesion. A simple one-step melt blending has demonstrated to be more efficient in producing a better compatibilized PA6/PPE blend than a two-step sequential blending. The mechanical property improvement of the compatibilized blend over the uncompatibilized counterpart is very drastic, by considering the addition of a very small amount, a few fractions of 1%, of this epoxy coupling agent. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 1805–1819, 1998     

Morphology development of immiscible polymer blends during melt blending: Effects of interfacial agents on the liquid-solid interfacial heat transfer

This article reports on a new phenomenon: The presence of a compatibilizer accelerates the melting/plastification of an immiscible polymer blend during melt blending. The increase in the rate of melting as a result of the addition of a compatibilizer is believed to be one of the important factors responsible for the fact that the morphology of compatibilized blends develops much faster than that of their uncompatibilized counterparts. To substantiate the above statement, blends based on polypropylene (PP) and polyamide 6 (PA6) were used as model systems. The compatibilizer was a graft copolymer (PP-g-PA6) with PP as the backbone and PA6 as grafts. Its presence in a PP/PA6 blend accelerated the rate of melting of the PA6. This effect was observed only when the compatibilizer itself was molten and migrated to the interfacial layer between the PA6 and PP phases. It is likely that the presence of the compatibilizer increased the chain entanglements at the PP and PA6 interface and consequently reduced the thermal resistance of the interfacial layer. Detailed mechanisms are discussed. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 3368–3384, 1999     

Modification of Interfacial Interaction of PBT/PP Blends by Adding Main-chain Liquid Crystalline Ionomer with Sulfonic Group

A main-chain liquid crystalline ionomer(MLCI)containing sulfonic group was synthesized by an interfacial condensation reaction.The MLCI was blended with polybutylene terephthalate(PBT)and polypropylene...     

Synthesis and characterization of starch-graft-polycaprolactone as compatibilizer for starch/polycarprolactone blends

Polycaprolactone (PCL) was grafted onto starch through introduction of urethane linkages. The grafting reaction was carried out in two steps. The first step was the reaction of hydroxyl-terminated PCL with 2,4-tolylene diisocyanate. The isocyanate terminated PCL was then reacted with starch to obtain starch-graft-polycaprolactone (starch-g-PCL). The grafting reaction was confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy. The compatibility of the starch/PCL blend was enhanced with a compatibilizer, starch-g-PCL, whose amount was 3 wt.-% of the blend. The tensile strength and morphology of the compatibilized blend were determined. It was found that the compatibilized starch/PCL blend has finer phase domains and an improved interfacial adhesion. Mechanical properties of the compatibilized blend were found to be significantly higher than those of the corresponding uncompatibilized starch/PCL blend.     

Effect of compatibilizer on morphology and properties of HDPE/Nylon 6 blends

The compatibilization effect of linear low‐density polyethylene‐grafted maleic anhydride (LLDPEgMA) and high‐density polyethylene‐grafted maleic anhydride (HDPEgMA) on high‐density polyethylene (HDPE)/polyamide 6 (Nylon 6) blend system is investigated. The morphology of 45 wt %/55 wt % polyethylene/Nylon 6 blends with three compatibilizer compositions (5 wt %, 10 wt %, and 15 wt %) are characterized by atomic force microscopic (AFM) phase imaging. The blend with 5 wt % LLDPEgMA demonstrates a Nylon 6 continuous, HDPE dispersed morphology. Increased amount of LLDPEgMA leads to sharp transition in morphology to HDPE continuous, Nylon 6 dispersed morphology. Whereas, increasing HDPEgMA concentration in the same blends results in gradual morphology transition from Nylon 6 continuous to co‐continuous morphology. The mechanical properties, oxygen permeability, and water vapor permeability are measured on the blends which confirm the morphology and indicate that HDPEgMA is a better compatibilizer than LLDPEgMA for the HDPE/Nylon 6 blend system. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2019 , 57, 281–290