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Processing‐morphology relationships of compatibilized polyolefin/polyamide blends. Part I: the effect of an lonomer compatibilizer on blend morphology

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.760282111
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  1. National Research Council Canada
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Abstract
The morphology of compatibilized polyolef in/polyamide blends was found to be significantly dependent on the concentration of an ionomer compatibilizer (polyethylene-methacrylic acid-isobutyl acrylate terpolymer) in the blend. For a dispersed phase content of 10% by weight, a maximum reduction in phase size was observed when only 0.5% by weight of ionomer was added to the blend, A more significant reduction of the dispersed phase size was observed when the minor phase was nylon, due to interactions which exist between the ionomer and the polyamide. These interactions have been confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. At high concentrations of the ionomer, flocculation of the nylon dispersed phase was observed. In comparison to one-step mixing, blends prepared by two-step or batch mixing were characterized by a smaller dispersed phase when nylon was the matrix, and a larger particle size when nylon was the minor phase. The results observed are explained in terms of a speculative model of the interactions occurring across the nylon-polvolefin interface.
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PublisherWiley
Society of Plastics Engineers
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  • Polymer Engineering & Science 28, no. 21 (November 1988): 1416–1426.
LanguageEnglish
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