共混工艺对SMAH增容ABS/PA6共混物形态和力学性能的影响

以(苯乙烯/马来酸酐)共聚物(SMAH)为增容剂,研究了共混工艺对(丙烯腈/丁二烯/苯乙烯)共聚物/尼龙6(ABS/PA6)共混物聚集态结构和力学性能的影响。结果表明,ABS与PA6直接共混时相容性差;加入增容剂SMAH后,分散相尺寸变小且易均匀分散,显著改善了ABS/PA6共混物的力学性能。当ABS为连续相、PA6为分散相时,共混物的聚集态结构强烈地受共混工艺的影响,(ABS/SMAH)/PA6共混物的分散相尺寸最小、力学性能最优;当PA6为连续相、ABS为分散相时,共混物的聚集态结构基本不受共混工艺的影响。     

SMAH在PA6/ABS合金中的相容化作用研究

采用(苯乙烯/马来酸酐)共聚物(SMAH)作相容剂,通过熔融共混制备了PA36/ABS合金。对三种牌号ABS树脂进行了选择,通过不同SMAH含量的PA6/ABS合金的力学性能、熔体流动速率、动态力学性能,以及微观结构剖析,分析了SMAH的相容化机理。     

PA6/ABS合金的增韧改性研究

采用马来酸酐接枝丙烯腈-丁二烯-苯乙烯共聚物(ABS-g-MAH)、马来酸酐接枝乙烯-辛烯共聚物(POE-g-MAH)和苯乙烯-马来酸酐共聚物(SMA)为相容剂,研究了相容剂种类、相容剂含量、增韧剂含量及挤出机螺杆转速对尼龙6/丙烯腈-丁二烯-苯乙烯共聚物(PA6/ABS)合金力学性能的影响。研究表明,ABS-g-MAH为PA6/ABS合金的最佳相容剂,且质量分数为20%时合金的缺口冲击强度最高;采用ABS-g-MAH和POE-g-MAH复合增容增韧可得到力学性能优越的PA6/ABS合金;降低挤出机螺杆转速可使PA6/ABS合金的缺口冲击强度提高。     

相容剂种类对PA6/ABS合金性能的影响

采用苯乙烯-马来酸酐(SMA)、苯乙烯-丙烯腈-马来酸酐(SAMAH)和苯乙烯-丙烯腈-甲基丙烯酸(SAMAA)三种共聚物增容尼龙6/丙烯腈-丁二烯-苯乙烯共聚物(PA6/ABS)共混物,利用双螺杆挤出机制备出PA6/ABS合金,对其结构及其性能进行了表征和探讨。结果表明,三种相容剂均可有效地增容PA6/ABS合金,改善ABS在PA6中的分散,大幅度提高了缺口冲击强度;通过差示扫描量热(DSC)分析发现PA6/ABS的结晶度降低,结晶速率变慢;同时通过流变实验发现PA6/ABS共混物为假塑性流体,三种相容剂均提高了其表观黏度。     

EPDM-g-MAH对PA6/ABS合金性能的影响

通过熔融共混法制备了马来酸酐接枝(乙烯/丙烯/二烯)共聚物(EPDM-g-MAH)增容的尼龙6/(丙烯腈/丁二烯/苯乙烯)共聚物(PA6/ABS)合金,考察了PA6/ABS配比和EPDM-g-MAH用量对PA6/ABS合金力学性能、热学性能及吸湿状态的影响;观察了PA6/ABS合金表面微观结构。结果表明,EPDM-g-MAH是PA6/ABS合金的有效增容剂,当PA6/ABS/EPDM-g-MAH质量比为90/10/10时合金综合性能最好,尤其能显著地改善材料的冲击韧性、耐热性,降低吸水率。     

一种新型相容剂对PA/ABS合金力学性能的影响

通过自制丙烯腈-丁二烯-苯乙烯共聚物(ABS)与乙烯-丙烯酸甲酯共聚物(EMA)双组份接枝马来酸酐的新型相容剂(ABS/EMA-g-MAH),并与国内外相容剂马来酸酐接枝丙烯腈-丁二烯-苯乙烯(ABS-g-MAH)、苯乙烯-马来酸酐共聚物(SMA)进行比较,研究了相容剂种类、相容剂含量及挤出机螺杆转速对尼龙/丙烯腈-丁二烯-苯乙烯共聚物(PA/ABS)合金力学性能的影响。研究表明,ABS/EMA-g-MAH为PA/ABS合金的最佳相容剂;在添加量为12%时ABS/EMA--g-MAH表现出最佳的增容增韧效果;降低挤出机螺杆转速可使PA6/ABS合金的缺口冲击强度提高。     

组分对PA6/ABS合金力学性能的影响

通过双螺杆挤出制备了尼龙6(PA6)/丙烯腈-丁二烯-苯乙烯共聚物(ABS)合金,考察了PA6、ABS和相容剂的种类及含量对PA6/ABS合金力学性能的影响。结果表明,通过中黏度(2.4~2.7 Pa·s)的尼龙6与聚丁烯(PB)质量分数达到16%的ABS制备的PA6/ABS合金有优异的力学性能;随着PA6含量增加,PA6/ABS合金的拉伸和弯曲强度增加,冲击强度下降,ABS含量增加使PA6/ABS冲击强度上升,拉伸和弯曲强度反而下降;相容剂马来酸酐(MAH)接枝ABS(ABS-g-MAH)对PA6/ABS合金增容效果优于苯乙烯接枝马来酸酐共聚物(SMA);当ABSg-MAH质量分数为3%,PA6与ABS质量比为62/35时,制备出的PA6/ABS合金具有最佳的力学性能,缺口冲击强度可达28 kJ/m2。     

PA6/ABS/SMA/OMMT共混物的结构与性能研究

研究了有机蒙脱土(OMMT)对尼龙6(PA6)/丙烯腈-丁二烯-苯乙烯(ABS)/苯乙烯-马来酸酐共聚物(SMA)合金体系聚集态结构及性能的影响。实验表明:OMMT的加入提高了PA6/ABS合金体系的强度及模量,但加入OMMT后共混物的韧性有所下降。TEM的分析结果表明:对PA6/ABS/SMA/OMMT共混物,OMMT用量小于2份时,PA6/ABS/SMA/OMMT共混物中OMMT基本以剥离形态分布。     

ABS/PA6共混体系聚集态结构的表征及其与力学性能的关系

以苯乙烯-马来酸酐共聚物(SMA)为增容剂,研究了ABS/PA6共混物聚集态结构与力学性能的关系。结果表明:共混顺序的不同,导致了ABS/PA6共混物聚集态结构和力学性能有明显差异,共混物的聚集态结构与宏观力学性能有较好的对应关系,且随着分散相粒径的减小,共混物的拉伸强度与冲击强度都随之增大。     

剥离型(苯乙烯/马来酸酐)共聚物/蒙脱土纳米复合材料的制备

研究了制备剥离型(苯乙烯/马来酸酐)共聚物(SMAH)蒙/脱土(MMT)纳米复合材料的方法。研究表明,通过原位插层及熔融插层只能制备出插层型的SMAH/MMT纳米复合材料。为了制备剥离型的SMAH/MMT纳米复合材料,先将尼龙6(PA6)与MMT熔融插层制备出PA6/MMT纳米复合材料,再用抽提的方法将PA6/MMT复合材料中的部分PA6除去,得到含有少量PA6的剥离型MMT,然后将剥离型MMT与SMAH共混,从而制备出剥离型的SMAH/MMT纳米复合材料。该复合材料的粘度低于SMAH,且具有较好的加工性能。     

Ternary polymer blends of polyamide 6, polypropylene,and acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene: Influence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on phase morphology,electrical conductivity,and crystallization

Ternary polymer blends of 80/10/10 (wt/wt/wt) polyamide6 (PA6)/polypropylene (PP)/acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene (ABS), PP/PA6/ABS, and ABS/PP/PA6 were prepared in the presence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) by melt‐mixing technique to investigate the influence of MWCNTs on the phase morphology, electrical conductivity, and the crystallization behavior of the PP and PA6 phases in the respective blends. Morphological analysis showed the “core–shell”‐type morphology in 80/10/10 PA6/PP/ABS and 80/10/10 PP/PA6/ABS blends, which was found to be unaltered in the presence of MWCNTs. However, MWCNTs exhibited “compatibilization‐like” action, which was manifested in a reduction of average droplet size of the dispersed phase/s. In contrast, a separately dispersed morphology has been found in the case of 80/10/10 ABS/PP/PA6 blends in which both the phases (PP and PA6) were dispersed separately in the ABS matrix. The electrical percolation threshold for 80/10/10 PA6/PP/ABS and 80/10/10 PP/PA6/ABS ternary polymer blends was found between 3–4 and 2–3 wt% of MWCNTs, respectively, whereas 80/10/10 ABS/PP/PA6 blends showed electrically insulating behavior even at 5 wt% of MWCNTs. Nonisothermal crystallization studies could detect the presence of MWCNTs in the PA6 and the PP phases. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2011. © 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Structure-property relationships in polyamide/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) blends

The structures and physical properties of four blends of poly(acrylonitrile-co-styrene-g-butadiene) (ABS) materials with polycaprolactam (PA6) have been characterized. The blends were separated into components by selective solvent extraction and were found to contain different structures: Blend A contained no PA6 grafts. Blend B contained PA6 grafted onto both soluble and insoluble ABS. Blend C contained PA6 grafted onto soluble poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (p-SAN). In Blend D, PA6 was grafted onto both the insoluble ABS and the p-SAN phases. Transmission electron microscopy showed different morphologies in the blends. Blend A had a co-continuous, somewhat laminar structure, while Blend D consisted of an ABS phase dispersed in a PA6 continuum. Blends B and C had intermediate structures. All four blends, however, had very similar rheological and physical properties despite the variation in structure.     

Melt processing,mechanical, and fatigue crack propagation properties of reactively compatibilized blends of polyamide 6 and acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene copolymer

Within a IUPAC study, melt processing, mechanical, and fatigue crack growth properties of blends of polyamide 6 (PA 6) and poly(acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene) (ABS) were investigated. We focused on the influence of reactive compatibilization on blend properties using a styrene–acrylonitrile–maleic anhydride random terpolymer (SANMA). Two series of PA 6/ABS blends with 30 wt % PA 6 and 70 wt % PA 6, respectively, were prepared with varying amounts of SANMA. Our experiments revealed that the morphology of the matrix (PA 6 or ABS) strongly affects the blend properties. The viscosity of PA 6/ABS blends monotonically increases with SANMA concentration because of the formation of high‐molecular weight graft copolymers. The extrudate swell of the blends was much larger than that of neat PA 6 and ABS and decreased with increasing SANMA concentrations at a constant extrusion pressure. This observation can be explained by the effect of the capillary number. The fracture resistance of these blends, including specific work to break and impact strength, is lower than that of PA 6 or ABS alone, but increases with SANMA concentration. This effect is most strongly pronounced for blends with 70 wt % PA 6. Fatigue crack growth experiments showed that the addition of 1–2 wt % SANMA enhances the resistance against crack propagation for ABS‐based blends. The correlation between blend composition, morphology and processing/end‐use properties of reactively compatibilized PA 6/ABS blends is discussed. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012     

Blends of poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene oxide)/polyamide 6 toughened by maleated polystyrene‐based copolymers: Mechanical properties,morphology, and rheology

Poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene oxide)/polyamide 6 (PPO/PA6 30/70) blends were impact modified by addition of three kinds of maleated polystyrene‐based copolymers, i.e., maleated styrene‐ethylene‐butylene‐styrene copolymer (SEBS‐g‐MA), maleated methyl methacrylate‐butadiene‐styrene copolymer (MBS‐g‐MA), and maleated acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene copolymer (ABS‐g‐MA). The mechanical properties, morphology and rheological behavior of the impact modified PPO/PA6 blends were investigated. The selective location of the maleated copolymers in one phase or at interface accounted for the different toughening effects of the maleated copolymer, which is closely related to their molecular structure and composition. SEBS‐g‐MA was uniformly dispersed in PPO phase and greatly toughened PPO/PA6 blends even at low temperature. MBS‐g‐MA particles were mainly dispersed in the PA6 phase and around the PPO phase, resulting in a significant enhancement of the notched Izod impact strength of PPO/PA6 blends from 45 J/m to 281 J/m at the MBS‐g‐MA content of 20 phr. In comparison, the ABS‐g‐MA was mainly dispersed in PA6 phase without much influencing the original mechanical properties of the PPO/PA6 blend. The different molecule structure and selective location of the maleated copolymers in the blends were reflected by the change of rheological behavior as well. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010     

Investigation on the correlation between rheology and morphology of PA6/ABS blends using ethylene acrylate terpolymer as compatibilizer

Phase morphology and rheological behavior of polyamide 6 (PA6)/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) polymers blends was studied using scanning electron microscopy and rheometry. The results showed that the phase morphology and rheological properties depends on blend composition. We evaluated the effect of addition of ABS as dispersed phase and EnBACO‐MAH (ethylene n‐butyl acrylate carbon monoxide maleic anhydride) as a compatibilizer on the morphological and rheological behaviors of PA6/ABS blends. It was concluded that there is a good agreement between the results obtained from rheological and morphological studies. As a consequence, addition of the ABS and compatibilizer weight percent led to a significant change in morphological structure and a great mounting in the viscosity as well as the elasticity. The rheological properties results demonstrate that adding compatibilizer to polymer blends led to increasing the crossover point, which shows a transition from a high viscous to a considerably more elastic behavior. Also, the slow transition of relaxation time peak from the peak of the PA6 to the peak of the ABS implies increasing the miscibility of the PA6/ABS blend components by increasing compatibilizer content. In addition, the Carreau–Yasuda model was used to extract information on rheological properties (zero shear viscosity and relaxation time) for PA6/ABS/EnBACO‐MAH blends by fitting the experimental data with this model. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011     

Melt linear viscoelastic rheological analysis to assess the microstructure of polyamide 6–acrylonitrile butadiene styrene terpolymer immiscible blends via the application of fractional Zener and Coran models

In this study, the melt linear viscoelastic rheological properties of polyamide 6 (PA6)–acrylonitrile butadiene styrene terpolymer (ABS) immiscible blends were analyzed with the help of Coran and fractional Zener models (FZMs) to assess the microstructure of the blends. For this purpose, dynamic shear flow experiments and scanning electron microscopy investigations were performed. The nonzero value of the elastic modulus of the spring element (G_e) of the FZM for ABS‐rich blends was explained by the formation of a networklike structure because of the agglomeration of the rubber phases of the ABS matrix, whereas for the PA6‐rich blends with a high content of ABS, the interactions and/or interconnectivity of the ABS dispersed phase led to a nonzero value of G_e. The value of the fitting parameter of the Coran model (f) was near to 0.5 for the 50/50 blend; this was fully in agreement with the formed cocontinuous morphology for this blend composition. On the other hand, the f value for the blends with a matrix–droplet‐type morphology was near to zero for the PA6‐rich blends; this indicated the lower continuity of the ABS dispersed phase as a harder phase compared to the PA6 soft matrix, whereas the f value was near to 1 for ABS‐rich blends. This confirmed the formation of an interconnected networklike structure for this series of blends. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017 , 134, 45423.     

Influence of epoxy resin on the properties of maleic anhydride functionalized acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene copolymer toughened polyamide 6 blends

Maleic anhydride functionalized acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene copolymer (ABS‐g‐MA) was used as an impact modifier of polyamide 6 (PA6). Epoxy resin was introduced into PA6/ABS‐g‐MA blends to further improve their properties. Notched Izod impact tests showed that the impact strength of PA6/ABS‐g‐MA could be improved from 253 to 800 J/m with the addition of epoxy resin when the ABS‐g‐MA content was set at 25 wt %. Differential scanning calorimetry results showed that the addition of epoxy resin made the crystallization temperature and melting temperature shift to lower temperatures; this indicated the decrease in the PA6 crystallization ability. Dynamic mechanical analysis testing showed that the addition of epoxy resin induced the glass‐transition temperature of PA6 and the styrene‐co‐acrylonitrile copolymer phase to shift to higher temperatures due to the chemical reactions between PA6, ABS‐g‐MA, and epoxy resin. The scanning electron microscopy results indicated that the ABS‐g‐MA copolymer dispersed into the PA6 matrix uniformly and that the phase morphology of the PA6/ABS‐g‐MA blends did not change with the addition of the epoxy resin. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the epoxy resin did not change the deformation mechanisms of the PA6/ABS‐g‐MA blends. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011     

Effect of maleic anhydride grafted polybutadiene on the compatibility of polyamide 66/acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene copolymer blend

The addition of maleic anhydride grafted polybutadiene (PB‐g‐MAH) can greatly improve the compatibility of polyamide 66 (PA66)/acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene copolymer (ABS) blends. Unlike the commonly used compatibilizers in polyamide/ABS blends, PB‐g‐MAH is compatible with the ABS particles' core phase polybutadiene (PB), rather than the shell styrene‐acrylonitrile (SAN). The compatibility and interaction of the components in the blends were characterized by Fourier transform‐infrared spectra (FTIR), Molau tests, melt flow index (MFI), dynamic mechanical analyses (DMA), and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observations. The results show that PB‐g‐MAH can react with the amino end groups in PA66 while entangle with the PB phase in ABS. In this way, the compatibilizer anchors at the interface of PA66/ABS blend. The morphology study of the fracture sections before and after tensile test reveals that the ABS particles were dispersed uniformly in the PA66 matrix and the interfacial adhesion between PA66 and ABS was increased significantly. The mechanical properties of the blends thus were enhanced with the improving of the compatibility. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2012. © 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Co-continuous and encapsulated three phase morphologies in uncompatibilized and reactively compatibilized polyamide 6/polypropylene/polystyrene ternary blends using two reactive precursors

Phase morphology development in ternary uncompatibilized and reactively compatibilized blends based on polyamide 6 (PA6), polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) has been investigated. Reactive compatibilization of the blends has been performed using two reactive precursors; maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (PP-g-MA) and styrene maleic anhydride copolymer (SMA) for PA6/PP and PA6/PS pairs, respectively. For comparison purposes, uncompatibilized and reactively compatibilized PA6/PP and PA6/PS binary blends, were first investigated. All the blends were melt-blended using a co-rotating twin-screw extruder. The phase morphology investigated using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and selective solvent extraction tests revealed that PA6/PP/PS blends having a weight percent composition of 70/15/15 is constituted from polyamide 6 matrix in which are dispersed composite droplets of PP core encapsulated by PS phase. Whereas, a co-continuous three-phase morphology was formed in the blends having a composition of 40/30/30. This morphology has been significantly affected by the reactive compatibilization. In the compatibilized PA6/(PP/PP–MA)/(PS/SMA) blends, PA6 phase was no more continuous but gets finely dispersed in the PS continuous phase. The DSC measurements confirmed the dispersed character of the PA6 phase. Indeed, in the compatibilized PA6/(PP/PP–MA)/(PS/SMA) blends where the PA6 particle size was smaller than 1 μm, the bulk crystallization temperature of PA6 (188 °C) was completely suppressed and a new crystallization peak emerges at a lower temperature of 93 °C as a result of homogeneous nucleation of PA6.