Premium
Study on rubber blends: Influence of epoxidation on phase morphology and interphase
Author(s) -
Rocha T. L. A. C.,
Rosca C.,
Schuster R. H.,
Jacobi M. M.
Publication year - 2007
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/app.25850
Subject(s) - interphase , materials science , morphology (biology) , volume fraction , natural rubber , phase (matter) , transmission electron microscopy , composite material , polarizability , polymer chemistry , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , molecule , genetics , biology
A discussion about phase morphology and interphase is presented taking into account the influence of the epoxidation on NR/SBR blends. Unfilled blends were examined in a broad composition range to investigate the morphology by TEM (transmission electron microscopy) and to estimate the volume fraction of the interphase by means of DMA (dynamic mechanical analysis). It was observed that the domain sizes and the volume fraction of the interphase depend on the difference in polarity of rubbers caused by the presence of the epoxidized phase and the polarizability caused by the difference on the vinyl content. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 104: 2377–2384, 2007