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- Title
Relationship between branch length and the compatibilizing effect of polypropylene- g-polystyrene graft copolymer on polypropylene/polystyrene blends.
- Authors
Wang, Lu; Tan, Haiying; Gong, Jiang; Tang, Tao
- Abstract
ABSTRACT Three polypropylene- g-polystyrene (PP- g-PS) graft copolymers with the same branch density but different branch lengths were evaluated as compatibilizing agents for PP/PS blends. The morphological and rheological results revealed that the addition of PP- g-PS graft copolymers significantly reduced the PS particle size and enhanced the interfacial adhesion between PP and PS phases. Furthermore, it is verified that the branch length of PP- g-PS graft copolymer had opposite effects on its compatibilizing effect: on one hand, increasing the branch length could improve the compatibilizing effect of graft copolymer on PP/PS blends, demonstrated by the reduction of PS particle size and the enhancement of interfacial adhesion; on the other hand, increasing the branch length would increase the melt viscosity of PP- g-PS graft copolymer, which prevented it from migrating effectively to the interface of blend components. Additionally, the crystallization and melting behaviors of PP and PP/PS blends were compared. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 40126.
- Subjects
POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; GRAFT copolymers; MIXING of plastics; RHEOLOGY; POLYMERS
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2014, Vol 131, Issue 7, pn/a
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.40126