聚丙烯/POE共混组成对材料断裂行为的影响

采用基本断裂功(EWF)方法对聚丙烯(PP)/聚烯烃弹性体(POE)共混物的注射双边缺口拉伸试样的断裂行为进行了研究,比较了不同POE含量对共混物各断裂参数的影响.结果表明,PP和用量为5phr POE的共混物都可完全满足EWF方法的要求,共混物的断裂韧性-比基本断裂功we,较PP有显著提高;POE用量为10phr以上的共混物则出现明显的成颈现象而限制了EWF方法的应用;PP和各种POE用量的共混物都得到了其屈服所需要的比基本断裂功we,y和比塑性功β′wp,y.     

丙烯-乙烯共聚物/乙烯-1-辛烯共聚物层状复合材料的力学性能研究

利用自主设计的一套可进行微层共挤出的口模,分别制备了2层、16层、32层和64层丙烯-乙烯共聚物(PPE)/乙烯-1-辛烯共聚物(POE)交替层状复合材料。研究了制得的层状复合材料的应力-应变行为,利用等效盒子模型(equivalent box model)描述了层状复合材料与相应的常规PPE/POE共混材料力学行为的区别.通过对共挤出材料和共混材料的拉伸数据进行分析后发现,具有层状结构特别是多层结构的共挤出材料具有比共混材料更为优异的屈服和断裂伸长性能.     

Blends of polycarbonate and ethylene-1-octylene copolymer

The mechanical properties and morphology of polycarbonate/ethylene-1-octylene copolymer (PC/POE) binary blends and PC/POE/ionomer ternary blends were investigated. The tensile strength and elongation at break of the PC/POE blends decreased with increasing the POE content. The impact strength of the PC/POE blends showed less dependence on thickness than that of PC. And the low-temperature impact strength of PC was modified effectively by addition of POE. The morphology of the PC/POE blends was observed by scanning electron microscope. The PC/POE weight ratio had a great effect on the morphology of the PC/POE blends. For the PC/POE (80/20)/ionomer ternary blends, low content (0.25 and 0.5 phr) of ionomer could increase the tensile properties of PC/POE (80/20) blend and had little effect on the impact strength. And 0.5 phr ionomer made the dispersed domain distribute more uniformly and finely than the blend without it. But with high content of ionomer, the degradation of PC made the mechanical properties of the blends deteriorate. Blending PC and ionomer proved the degradation of PC, and the molecular weight decreased with increasing the ionomer content.     

F-C烷基化反应原位增容PS/POE共混物中降解的抑制和增容效果的优化

在聚苯乙烯(PS)/聚烯烃弹性体(POE)/AlCl3共混物中引入苯乙烯(St)单体,增加了共混体系中的不饱和结构,AlCl3催化剂与St反应生成大量的初始碳正离子,这些初始碳正离子进攻POE链生成更多的大碳正离子,进而形成更多的PS-graft-POE共聚物,提高了接枝效率.进而,采用"两次挤出"技术,即先原位增容制成接枝母料,然后接枝母料再与PS和POE二次挤出,可以在一定程度上缓解组份的降解,使共混物的力学性能得到进一步的改善.     

相容剂对PP/POE共混体系脆韧转变行为的影响

采用熔融挤出法制备了不同相容剂含量的PP/POE共混体系,测试了不同体系的脆韧转变温度、热性能和力学性能.结果表明,乙烯-丙烯多嵌段共聚物相容剂的加入降低了PP/POE共混物的脆韧转变温度,提高了共混物的韧性.AFM和STEM照片显示相容剂的加入减小了橡胶分散相的临界粒子间距,PP和POE在两相界面结合处相互扩散或渗透,实现了POE弹性体在PP树脂中合适的尺度分布以及良好的形态分散.当相容剂含量达到10％时,POE分散相尺寸细小均匀,分散相粒子粒径为0.54μm,粒子间距为0.1 μm,PP结晶链段更多地插入到弹性体内部,弹性体POE分散相形成明显的“硬核-软壳”结构.DSC曲线中结晶峰和熔融峰的变化说明适量的相容剂对于材料结晶度的提高具有一定的促进作用.力学性能测试结果可以看出相容剂的加入在提高材料韧性,降低其脆韧转变温度的同时也保持了材料的刚性性能.     

颗粒内受限聚合法制备PP/POE/PS合金

以等规聚丙烯/乙烯-辛烯共聚物(PP/POE)合金颗粒为扩散基体, 苯乙烯(St)为扩散单体, 利用颗粒内受限聚合法制备了PP/POE/PS三元合金. 结果表明, 对于POE质量分数为20%~40%的PP/POE合金颗粒, St均可扩散至直径为4 mm的颗粒中心部位, 在POE非晶相中生成相尺寸为几十至几百纳米的PS球. 在PP/POE合金颗粒的不同部位, 因POE相尺寸及单体的吸附量不同, 生成的PS相尺寸也不同, 在颗粒中心部位生成的PS球最小. 研究了St在PP/POE(质量比80: 20)颗粒中的扩散-聚合行为, 结果表明, St在合金颗粒中的扩散速率和扩散饱和值远大于在纯PP颗粒中的扩散速率和饱和值, 这主要是因为PP/POE合金颗粒中的非晶POE相有利于扩散. 改变单体投料量可以获得具有不同PS含量的PP/POE/PS三元合金. 结晶性能研究结果表明, PS在非晶POE相中的优先分布会使POE相体积增大, 从而使PP的结晶温度和熔融温度降低. 随着PS量的进一步增大, 分布在PP中的PS对PP有结晶成核作用.     

Small-angle X-ray scattering studies on plastically deformed rubber-modified polystyrene

The deformation process of blends of polystyrene (PS) and rubbery block copolymers based on polystyrene and hydrogenated polybutadiene (SEBS, Shell Kraton G1651)was studied by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Small-angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) on deformed tensile samples, under loaded conditions. When the rubber concentration is increased the impact toughness as well as the elongation at break Increases while the SAXS studies show that the amount of crazing decreases. TEM studies suggest that the main deformation mechanism in these materials is cavitation-induced shearing. When a crazing agent is incorporated in the disperse phase of rubber-modified PS the amount of crazing increases more than four times, but the toughness decreases dramatically.     

Revealing toughening mechanism for alternating multilayered polypropylene/poly(ethylene-co-octene) sheets

Alternating multilayered (16, 32, and 128 layers) polypropylene/poly(ethylene-co-octene) (PP/POE) sheets were prepared via multilayer co-extrusion. Impact (−20°C), tensile, and dynamic rheological tests were carried out on the prepared multilayered samples. The toughening mechanism for the multilayered samples was revealed via investigating their fracture surface morphology and analyzing the work of fracture. The results showed that the impact energy for the notched multilayered samples is mainly absorbed by the continuous thin ductile POE layers due to cavitation, whereas for the unnotched multilayered samples the continuous thin POE and PP layers both contributed significantly to the total work of fracture due to multiple crazing, cracking and distinct plastic deformation in both PP and POE layers, and thus significantly extended crack propagation paths. Hence, the multilayered samples possessed much higher unnotched impact strength than notched impact strength. Moreover, the multilayered samples exhibited slightly increased notched impact strength and obviously increased unnotched impact strength with increasing layer number. Interestingly, the multilayered samples exhibited lower notch sensitivity than the PP sample. In addition to significantly improved low temperature impact toughness, the multilayered samples maintained the strength and stiffness as well as having superior extensibility to that of the PP sample.     

双路易斯酸催化原位增容乙烯辛烯共聚物/苯乙烯共混物的研究

采用新型双路易斯酸, 三甲基氯硅烷和三氯化铟,为催化剂引发傅氏烷基化反应,实现了乙烯辛烯共聚物（POE）和聚苯乙烯（PS）共混物的原位增容。红外光谱验证了接枝物的存在。用扫描电镜观察了反应共混体系和简单物理共混物的形态, 前者分散相的尺寸小于1 μm, 后者分散相的尺寸则较大, 一般为3～4 μm。原位生成的接枝物起到相容剂的作用,增容后的样品的力学性能得到较明显的提升。如：当POE /PS 为40/60 (wt%) 时, 与相同组成的物理共混的POE/PS 相比, 其悬臂梁冲击强度由1.9 kJ/m2 增加到9.7 kJ/m2, 断裂伸长率由3.4%提高到46.3%。增容后共混物的流变性能与物理共混物相比也发生了显著的变化。     

Degradation and thermal properties of in situ compatibilized PS/POE blends

This paper reported the degradation behaviors and thermal properties of polystyrene (PS)/polyolefin elastomer (POE) blends with AlCl₃ as the catalyst of Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were adopted to reveal the effects of in situ grafting reaction and degradation of blending compounds on the thermal properties of PS/POE blends. It was found that the changes in both catalyst content and blend composition influenced the competition between in situ grafting reaction and degradation, resulting in the complexity of the thermal properties of PS/POE/AlCl₃ blends.     

Preparation of POE/PS blends with fine particle sizes by diffusion and subsequent polymerization of styrene in POE pellets

Ethylene-α-octene copolymer(POE)/polystyrene(PS) blend pellets with fine particle sizes were prepared by diffusion and subsequent polymerization of styrene in POE pellets through a one-pot procedure.The effects of the amounts of styrene and BPO on PS content,monomer efficiency and monomer conversion were investigated.The blend pellets were characterized by Micro-FTIR and FESEM,showing homogeneous diametrical distributions of PS and particle size.After melt-processing into rods,the average particle sizes are almost doubled,but still in submicron scale.Compared to neat POE rods,the blend rods with PS content higher than 15% exhibit improved tensile modulus and tensile strength without significantly losing ductility,being attributed to the small sizes,complex nature of particles and the existence of POE-g-PS copolymer that result in good interfacial adhesion.POE/PS pellets were compared with the previously reported PP/PS pellets,and the differences between the two systems are attributed to the different morphology of the two matrices: POE is completely amorphous at the diffusion and polymerization temperature,while i PP is semicrystalline.Without efficient impediment of the crystal lamellae in POE pellets,styrene diffuses easily in POE pellets.     

PP/POE共混物的P-V-T属性及压力对结晶温度的影响

采用PVT膨胀仪研究了PP/POE共混物的P-V-T属性, 利用Tait方程预测其比容和热膨胀系数(α), 研究了压力对结晶温度(Tc)的影响. 结果表明, Tait状态方程可用来预测部分相容的、半结晶PP/POE共混物的PVT行为. PP结晶前后的比容变化比POE的大得多, 随着POE含量的增加, PP/POE共混物结晶前后比容的变化均逐渐减小. PP在熔融状态下的α比固体状态的大, 而POE正好相反. PP/POE共混物的α随温度和压力的变化与其组成密切相关. 随着压力的增高, PP, POE及其PP/POE共混物的结晶温度均呈线性增高的趋势.     

Thermal,mechanical and rheological properties of biodegradable poly(propylene carbonate) and poly(butylene carbonate) blends

Poly(propylene carbonate)(PPC) was melt blended in a batch mixer with poly(butylene carbonate)(PBC) in an effort to improve the toughness of the PPC without compromising its biodegradability and biocompatibility. DMA results showed that the PPC/PBC blends were an immiscible two-phase system. With the increase in PBC content, the PPC/PBC blends showed decreased tensile strength, however, the elongation at break was increased to 230% for the 50/50 PPC/PBC blend. From the tensile strength experiments, the Pukanszky model gave credit to the modest interfacial adhesion between PPC and PBC, although PPC/PBC was immscible. The impact strength increased significantly which indicated the toughening effects of the PBC on PPC. SEM examination showed that cavitation and shear yielding were the major toughening mechanisms in the blends subjected the impact tests. TGA measurements showed that the thermal stability of PPC decreased with the incorporation of PBC. Rheological investigation demonstrated that the addition of PBC reduced the value of storage modulus, loss modulus and complex viscosity of the PPC/PBC blends to some extent. Moreover, the addition of PBC was found to increase the processability of PPC in extrusion. The introduction of PBC provided an efficient and novel toughened method to extend the application area of PPC.     

The compatibilization effect of ethylene/styrene interpolymer on polystyrene/polyethylene blends

In this study, ethylene/styrene interpolymer (ESI) was used as compatibilizer for the blends of polystyrene (PS) and low‐density polyethylene (LDPE). The mechanical properties including impact, tensile properties, and morphology of the blends were investigated by means of uniaxial tension, instrumented falling‐weight impact measurements, and scanning electron microscopy. Impact measurements indicated that the impact strength of the blends increases slowly with LDPE content up to 40 wt %; thereafter, it increases sharply with increasing LDPE content. The impact energy of the LDPE‐rich blends exceeded that of pure LDPE, implying that the LDPE polymer can be further toughened by the incorporation of brittle PS minor phase in the presence of ESI. Tensile tests showed that the yield strength of the PS/LDPE/ESI blends decreases considerably with increasing LDPE content. However, the elongation at break of the blends tended to increase significantly with increasing LDPE content. The compatibilization efficiency of ESI and polystyrene‐hydrogenated butadiene‐polystyrene triblock copolymers (SEBS) for PS/LDPE 50/50 was further compared. Mechanical properties show that ESI is more effective to achieve a combination of LDPE toughness and PS rigidity than SEBS. The correlation between the impact property and morphology of the ESI‐compatibilized PS/LDPE blends is discussed. The excellent tensile ductility of the LDPE‐rich blends resulted from shield yielding of the matrix. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 2136–2146, 2007     

FRACTIONATED CRYSTALLIZATION OF HDPE IN PS/POE/HDPE/SBS BLENDS

The fractionated crystallization behavior of the minor dispersed HDPE phase in PS/POE/HDPE/SBS quaternary blends was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).Interestingly,we found that the fractionated crystallization behavior of HDPE was molecular weight dependent.At a fixed composition,HDPE with lower molecular weight showed more obvious fractionated crystallization behavior than HDPE with higher molecular weight.This was ascribed to a finer dispersion of HDPE with lower molecular weigh...     

POE改性高熔指聚丙烯性能研究

采用聚烯烃弹性体(POE)对高熔指聚丙烯(PP)进行共混改性,研究了弹性体POE的含量对高熔指PP的力学性能、流动性和成型收缩率的影响规律。结果表明:随着弹性体POE含量的增加,共混材料的悬臂梁缺口冲击强度增大,断裂拉伸应变增大,弯曲强度、弯曲模量降低,拉伸强度降低,流动性变差,收缩率减小。     

聚丁二酸丁二酯/纳米高岭土共混体系结晶及力学性能研究

用熔融共混法制备聚丁二酸丁二酯(PBS)/纳米高岭土(nano kaolin)复合降解材料,利用FTIR、DSC、万能拉力机和SEM对其微观结构、结晶、力学性能及分散性进行研究.FTIR光谱分析结果表明,改性剂与nano kaolin发生了化学键合作用;DSC结果表明,在PBS中加入nano kaolin,提高了结晶起...     

New high impact polystyrene: Use of poly(1‐hexene) and poly(1‐hexene‐co‐hexadiene) as impact modifiers

In this study, polystyrene (PS) was melt blended with different amounts of poly1‐hexene (PH) and poly(1‐hexene‐co‐hexadiene) (COPOLY) and the blends were compared with conventional PS/polybutadiene (PS/PB) one. Scanning electron microscope revealed that the dispersion of PH and COPOLY in PS matrix was more uniform with the appearance of small particles in PS matrix; however, in the case of PS/PB blends, the fracture surface showed nonhomogenous morphology with the appearance of bigger rubber particles. Based on Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis results, T_g of the blends decreased in comparison with it in neat PS. Impact strength of PS/PH and PS/COPOLY blends was considerably higher than that in PS/PB and significantly higher than the value for neat PS. Tensile test showed substantial improvement in stress at yield and better elongation at break for COPOLY containing blend than the samples containing PH and PB rubbers. Also, blending of PS with 10% of the rubbers was considered in the presence of dicumylperoxide as a probable grafting/cross‐linking agent to produce XPS/COPOLY10 and XPS/PB10 samples, respectively. IR results of the nonsoluble solvent extracted gel showed that COPOLY and PB were grafted to PS matrix during melt blending, which caused higher impact strength in the related samples.     

Investigation of relaxations in polystyrene–polyoxyethylene copolymer by thermally stimulated current

The diblock copolymer containing 43.5 wt.% of polystyrene (PS) (M_w=15 000) and polyoxyethylene (POE) (M_w=19 500) was investigated by integral and by partial thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) measurements in the temperature range of 173–293 K. The first peak P₁, widely distributed from 183 to 213 K, was a dipolar peak attributed to the initial stage of glass transition in POE. The second peak P₂, with a maximum at 273 K, was due to glass transition. The third peak P₃, with a maximum at about 263 K, was caused by the space charge relaxation localized at the interfaces between the ordered and nonordered phases in POE, Maxwell–Wagner relaxation, representing a precursor in melting of POE crystals. The results were supported by determination of activation energy E_a of the partial peaks, which covered the whole range of investigation, and by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements. The E_a(T) distribution showed a maximum in entropy change at 219±4 K. Some runs with samples containing different amounts of the PS component were considered. All the relaxations were coming from the POE block. The current due to PS slightly overlapped the total spectra without interaction. The influence of the repeated runs was observed and discussed.     

Transition from crazing to shear deformation in ABS/PVC blends

ABS/PVC blends were prepared over a range of compositions by mixing PVC, SAN, and PB‐g‐SAN. All samples were designed to have a constant rubber level of 12 wt % and the ratio of total‐SAN to PVC in the matrix of the blends varied from 70.5/17.5 to 18/80. Transmission electron microscope and scanning electron microscope have been used to study deformation mechanisms in the ABS/PVC blends. Several different types of microscopic deformation mechanisms, depending on the composition of blends, were observed for the ABS/PVC blends. When the blend is a SAN‐rich system, the main deformation mechanisms were crazing of the matrix. When the blend is a PVC‐rich system, crazing could no longer be detected, while shear yielding of the matrix and cavitation of the rubber particles were the main mechanisms of deformation. When the composition of blend is in the intermediate state, both crazing and shear yielding of matrix were observed. This suggests that there is a transition of deformation mechanism in ABS/PVC blends with the change in composition, which is from crazing to shear deformation. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 687–695, 2006