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Extrusion of PE/PS blends with supercritical carbon dioxide
Author(s) -
Lee Minhee,
Tzoganakis Costas,
Park Chul B.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.10278
Subject(s) - materials science , extrusion , supercritical fluid , supercritical carbon dioxide , polystyrene , plastics extrusion , dissolution , phase (matter) , carbon dioxide , composite material , polyethylene , shear thinning , chemical engineering , viscosity , polymer blend , polymer , copolymer , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering
Abstract The effects of dissolved supercritical carbon dioxide on the viscosity and morphological properties were investigated for polyethylene/polystyrene blends in a twin‐screw extruder. The viscosities of the blend/CO 2 solutions were measured using a wedge die mounted on the extruder. A considerable reduction of viscosity was found when CO 2 was dissolved in the blend. It was observed that the dissolution of CO 2 into PE/PS blends, regardless of the CO 2 content used, led to decreased shear thinning behavior resulting in an increase of the power law index from 0.29 to 0.34. The cell structures of foamed PE/PS blends showed a typical dependence of pressure and CO 2 concentration, with higher operating pressures and CO 2 content leading to a smaller cell size. Also, it was noted that the size of the dispersed PS phase in the PE/PS phase blends decreased by increasing the CO 2 concentration, and that the dispersed PS phase domains were highly elongated in the direction normal to the cell radius.

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