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Melt blending of polylactide and poly(methyl methacrylate): Thermal and mechanical properties and phase morphology characterization
Author(s) -
Anakabe Jon,
Zaldua Huici Ane Miren,
Eceiza Arantxa,
Arbelaiz Aitor
Publication year - 2015
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.42677
Subject(s) - differential scanning calorimetry , materials science , miscibility , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , hildebrand solubility parameter , poly(methyl methacrylate) , polymer blend , solubility , methyl methacrylate , dynamic mechanical analysis , scanning electron microscope , composite material , polymer chemistry , ultimate tensile strength , plastics extrusion , phase (matter) , chemical engineering , polymer , copolymer , chemistry , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , engineering
Blends of polylactide with poly(methyl methacrylate), PLA/PMMA, were prepared by a semi‐industrial twin screw extruder and afterwards were injection molded. Blends were studied using different techniques as Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and mechanical properties by means of tensile and impact tests, were also studied. This work helped better understanding of apparently contradictory results reported in the literature for PLA/PMMA blends prepared by melt compounding. DSC first heating scan and DMA results showed partially miscible blends, whereas the second DSC heating scan showed miscible blends. For miscible blends, T g values were predicted using Gordon‐Taylor equation. On the other hand, Small and Van Krevelen approaches were used to estimate the solubility parameters of neat PLA and neat PMMA, and Flory‐Huggins interaction parameter was calculated from solubility parameters. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132 , 42677.