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Fabrication and characterization of PLA/PP/ABS ternary blend
Author(s) -
Chaudry Umer M.,
Hamad Kotiba
Publication year - 2019
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.25230
Subject(s) - materials science , polylactic acid , ternary operation , polypropylene , rheology , characterization (materials science) , copolymer , polymer , miscibility , composite material , fabrication , acrylonitrile , porosity , chemical engineering , polymer science , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , computer science , engineering , programming language
In this study, we fabricated and studied properties of ternary polymer blends containing polylactic acid (PLA), polypropylene (PP), and acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene (ABS). The melt rheology experiments showed that the present combination (PLA/PP/ABS) exhibited a melt process‐ability, which is comparable to those of individual components. The ternary blends prepared in this work can be exploited to fabricate hierarchically porous PLA materials for biomedical applications. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 59:2273–2278, 2019. © 2019 Society of Plastics Engineers