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Fractal analysis of morphology of PE/PA blends: Composition
Author(s) -
Chen XuHuang,
Shi WenXiong,
Yang ShiHai,
Li YunYan,
Ma GuiQiu,
Sheng Jing
Publication year - 2008
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.27833
Subject(s) - morphology (biology) , fractal dimension , materials science , polyamide , scanning electron microscope , phase (matter) , polymer blend , fractal , polyethylene , analytical chemistry (journal) , polymer chemistry , composite material , physics , mathematics , chemistry , polymer , copolymer , chromatography , mathematical analysis , genetics , biology , quantum mechanics
Composition effect on the phase morphology in polyethylene (PE) with polyamide (PA) blends was investigated by pattern analysis of scanning electron micrographs. The average diameter denoted as d g is defined to discuss the morphology of the blends and further, different fractal dimensions, D M and D N , were introduced to characterize the phase morphology. Scale function S N ( r ) and S M ( r ) are defined to study the selfsimilarity of the phase morphology. The plots of S N ( r )/S N ( r ) m (the maximum of S N ( r )) versus r/rm (the maximum of r ) and S M ( r )/S M ( r ) m (the maximum of S M ( r )) versus r/rm showed the selfsimilar formation of the phase pattern. Furthermore, we calculated the fractal dimension D of different PE/PA blends. The results showed that the fractal dimension was an effective parameter to describe the spacial distribution of dispersed particles. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008
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