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New aspects of polyamide 6 mixing in molten state with low‐density polyethylene
Author(s) -
Jurkowski B.,
Olkhov Y.A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19970829)65:9<1807::aid-app17>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - low density polyethylene , polyamide , compatibilization , materials science , shearing (physics) , polyethylene , mixing (physics) , composite material , polymer , polymer blend , polymer chemistry , copolymer , physics , quantum mechanics
A static mixer assembled on a Brabender plastograph has been used as a blender of immiscible polymers like low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) and polyamide 6 (PA6). The shearing rates were 50 and 100 s ‐1 . The properties of polymer blends were tested using a thermomechanical method. It was found that a tested prototype static mixer imparted good uniformity to the blends' structure on a level similar to molecular distribution of components. This phenomenon is called mechanical compatibilization. High effectiveness of mixing was observed for LDPE–PA6 compositions with and without a compatibilizer. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 65:1807–1811, 1997