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Morphology Development of Polymer Blends in Complex Flow Fields
Author(s) -
Mours M.,
Laun M.,
Oosterlinck F.,
Vinckier I.,
Moldenaers P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.200303040
Subject(s) - morphology (biology) , materials science , polymer blend , capillary action , flow (mathematics) , polymer , flow properties , elongation , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , composite material , mechanics , copolymer , engineering , physics , geology , paleontology , ultimate tensile strength
Polymer blends are an economically interesting alternative when it comes to the development of materials with new or improved properties, with these properties strongly dependent on the underlying morphology. The influence of typically complex flow fields in processing equipment, on the morphology, is still poorly understood. A completely immiscible concentrated PS/PMMA model blend was subjected to different types of shear, elongation and combined flow fields and the morphology development in a capillary entrance flow field, is described.