TY - JOUR
T1 - Compatibilization of polypropylene-polystyrene blends
T2 - Part 2, crystallization behavior and mechanical properties
AU - Adewole, Akin A.
AU - Denicola, Anthony
AU - Gogos, Costas G.
AU - Mascia, Leno
PY - 2000/9
Y1 - 2000/9
N2 - Graft polymerization of styrene onto polypropylene chains generates polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) blends simultaneously. These reactor blends have a low impact resistance and have to be modified with the addition of rubbery toughening agents such as ethylene propylene copolymer (EPR) or styrene-g-ethylene-alt-butylene-g-styrene triblock copolymers (SEBS). Blend morphology is stabilized by the simultaneous formation of a graft copolymer which acts as a compatibilizer. In polymer blends with atleast one crystallizable component, the presence of other component can have significant influence on its melting and crystallization temperatures, crystallite growth rate, and crystallity.
AB - Graft polymerization of styrene onto polypropylene chains generates polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) blends simultaneously. These reactor blends have a low impact resistance and have to be modified with the addition of rubbery toughening agents such as ethylene propylene copolymer (EPR) or styrene-g-ethylene-alt-butylene-g-styrene triblock copolymers (SEBS). Blend morphology is stabilized by the simultaneous formation of a graft copolymer which acts as a compatibilizer. In polymer blends with atleast one crystallizable component, the presence of other component can have significant influence on its melting and crystallization temperatures, crystallite growth rate, and crystallity.
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U2 - 10.1002/1098-2329(200023)19:3<180::AID-ADV3>3.0.CO;2-H
DO - 10.1002/1098-2329(200023)19:3<180::AID-ADV3>3.0.CO;2-H
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034275472
SN - 0730-6679
VL - 19
SP - 180
EP - 193
JO - Advances in Polymer Technology
JF - Advances in Polymer Technology
IS - 3
ER -