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Compatibilizer Addition (compatibilizer + addition)

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Effect of sawdust surface treatment and compatibilizer addition on mechanical behavior, morphology, and moisture uptake of polypropylene/sawdust composites

POLYMER ENGINEERING & SCIENCE, Issue 5 2010
Silvia H.P. Bettini
Polypropylene/sawdust composites were investigated to assess the effect of sawdust surface treatment and compatibilizer addition on polymer/fiber adhesion. Two silane coupling agents were used for sawdust surface treatment: vinyl-tris (2-methoxyethoxy) silane and (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane. Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene was used as compatibilizer. Composites were prepared in a corotating twin-screw extruder coupled to a Haake torque rheometer and submitted to tensile and bending tests as well as scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Moisture uptake tests were also performed. Results showed that incorporation of untreated sawdust to polypropylene (PP) caused reduction in composite tensile strength and increase in stiffness. When the only treatment used was surface modification with silane coupling agents, no significant changes were observed in mechanical properties. However, when compatibilizer was added to the composites, tensile strength was increased, and % elongation at break reduced, indicating improved system compatibility. The composite presenting the highest increase in tensile strength was that containing sawdust treated with amino silane in addition to the compatibilizer. SEM analyses corroborated the mechanical property results. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2010. © 2009 Society of Plastics Engineers [source]

Thermal properties of biaxially deformed in situ composites

POLYMER ENGINEERING & SCIENCE, Issue 8 2004
Youngwook P. Seo
The thermal properties of biaxially blown poly(etherimide) (PEI) films containing a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (TLCP) were studied using differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, wide-angle X-ray diffraction and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis. The effects of the compatibilizer and thermal annealing on the thermal properties of biaxially oriented TLCP films were investigated. Though the compatibilizer (poly(ester imide)) improved deformation of the TLCP phase (poly ester amide) and adhesion between the matrix and the TLCP phase, which improved mechanical properties, it did not significantly affect the thermal properties of the in situ composite films. The film degradation behavior corroborated the role of the compatibilizer. Since a relatively small amount of TLCP (10 wt%) was added to the matrix and the matrix PEI was amorphous, the effect of annealing on the TLCP structure was not obvious. By the same token, while the effect of the deformation in the circumferential direction (a change in the blow-up ratio) was manifest in mechanical property improvements, its effect on the thermal properties was not obvious. All films showed similar thermal expansion behaviors, regardless of the thermal history and of the compatibilizer addition. Thus, there is an optimum amount of the compatibilizer required to obtain optimal mechanical properties for in situ composite films without causing a deterioration of their thermal properties. Polym. Eng. Sci. 44:1419,1428, 2004. © 2004 Society of Plastics Engineers. [source]

Syndiotactic poly(propylene)/organoclay nanocomposite fibers: influence of the nano-filler and the compatibilizer on the fiber properties

POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, Issue 5 2005
Zita Mlynar, íková
Abstract Melt spinning of nanocomposites prepared from syndiotactic poly(propylene) (sPP) and organolayered silicate (M-ODA), containing bound octadecyl ammonium chains, was investigated. The influence of the nano-filler reinforcement and the role of the addition of maleic anhydride grafted isotactic poly(propylene) (iPP-g-MA) as compatibilizer with respect to the fiber proportion was examined. The presence of nano-filler, the drawing ratio, and the compatibilizer addition afforded increased tenacity of the fibers. Only in the presence of the compatibilizer high drawing ratio of the sPP nanocomposite fibers was achieved. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was applied to monitor morphology development during nanocomposite fiber spinning in the presence and the absence of the compatibilizer. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]