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Rheological, mechanical and thermal properties of propylene‐ethylene block copolymer/polyalphaolefins blends
Author(s) -
Ha H.S.,
Kang M.C.,
Cho H.H.,
Kim B.K.
Publication year - 2007
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.20907
Subject(s) - comonomer , miscibility , materials science , copolymer , polypropylene , ethylene , ethylene propylene rubber , polymer chemistry , composite material , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , polymer , catalysis , chemistry , engineering
The rheological, thermal, and mechanical properties of propylene–ethylene block copolymer (PPB) blends with predominantly atactic molecular structure of low molecular weight polypropylene and propylene copolymers with either ethylene or 1‐butene (APAO) have been studied. It has been found that blend properties depend on comonomer type, content, and molecular weight of APAO as well as blend composition. APAO having ethylene comonomer showed better miscibility with PPB than the other ones, and high comonomer content of APAOs gave dramatic increase in impact strength over 30 wt%. It has been concluded that APAO can be used as an effective modifier of PPB. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:1905–1911, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers