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Effect of Casting Solvents and Compatibilizer Loading on the Morphology and Properties of Natural Rubber/Polystyrene Blends

 

作者: R. Asaletha,   M.G. Kumaran,   Sabu Thomas,  

 

期刊: Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering  (Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期: Volume 34, issue 4  

页码: 633-648

 

ISSN:0360-2559

 

年代: 1995

 

DOI:10.1080/03602559508012209

 

出版商: Taylor & Francis Group

 

数据来源: Taylor

 

摘要:

Thermoplastic elastomers from blends of natural rubber (NR) and polystyrene (PS) have been prepared by the solution-casting technique. The blend of NR and PS is an incompatible one and can be made compatible by the addition of NR-g-PS. The compatibilizing action of NR-g-PS in NR/PS blends has been studied with special reference to the effect of the nature of the casting solvents and compatibilizer loading. Chloroform and carbon tetrachloride were selected as the casting solvents. The nature of the casting solvent has a profound influence on the compatibilizing action of the graft copolymer. This has been explained based on the preferential interaction of the solvent with one of the components in the mixture. The domain size of the dispersed polystyrene phase was decreased by the addition of a few percent of the compatibilizer, followed by a leveling off at higher concentrations. The leveling off is an indication of interfacial saturation. The mechanical properties of the blends were improved by the addition of the compatibilizer.

 

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