Miscibility behavior of blend of polyesteramides of linseed oil and dehydrated castor oil with poly(methacrylic acid)

Blending of two polymers in solution is a simple and cost‐effective technique to improve upon the physical and mechanical properties of the component polymers through synergism. To obtain maximum synergy in their properties, the component polymers should be miscible with each other on molecular scale. Polymer blends of complex physicomechanical properties are being actively investigated. Poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA), a commercial polymer, yields transparent, hard, brittle, and water‐sensitive films. It has been blended with natural polymers like dextran, collagen, and gelatin to obtain films with improved physical and mechanical characteristics. Polyesteramides, which are easily synthesized from vegetable seeds oil, a sustainable resource, have found application in surface coatings. These oligomeric products do not make free standing films in the ambient condition. The polyesteramides from vegetable seeds oil can be used to obtain blend with PMMA of improved mechanical and water absorption properties. In this study, linseed oil polyesteramide (LOPEA) and dehydrated castor oil polyesteramide (DCPEA), the source oils with different unsaturation in their fatty acid chains, were blended with PMAA through mixing in solution in the ratio DCPEA/LOPEA: PMAA as 80/20, 70/30, 60/40, 50/50, 40/60, 30/70, and 20/80. In the first instance, the miscibility of the two components was investigated in solution by viscosity and ultrasonic measurements and in solid phase through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Moisture absorption by the blend was also studied. DCPEA and LOPEA show immiscibility with PMAA in solution phase while LOPEA with more unsaturation in the fatty acid chain of the oil was found more immiscible than DCPEA. DCPEA shows a narrow miscibility window in the solid phase while LOPEA was found immiscible with PMAA in the solid phase too. Uptake of moisture was found to be markedly reduced in the blends of DCPEA/LOPEA with PMAA. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 1367–1374, 2007:     

Natural rubber–ethylene‐propylene‐diene rubber covulcanization: Effect of reinforcing fillers

Filled covulcanizates of elastomer blend comprising natural rubber (NR) and ethylene‐propylene‐diene rubber (EPDM) of commercial importance were successfully prepared by using a multifunctional rubber additive; namely, bis(diisopropyl)thiophosphoryl disulfide (DIPDIS). A Two‐stage vulcanization technique further improved the physicochemical properties of the blend vulcanizates by restricting, through the formation of polar rubber bound intermediates, the migration of curative and filler from lower to highly unsaturated rubber. Scanning electron microscopy studies indicate homogeneity and coherency in the morphology of the two‐stage vulcanizates. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 84: 1001–1010, 2002; DOI 10.1002/app.10361     

相容剂对PE-HD／PET共混合金性能的影响

以乙烯-丙烯酸丁酯-甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯三元共聚物（PTW）作为高密度聚乙烯（PE-HD）／聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯（PET）共混合金的反应性相容剂，采用熔融挤出法制备了以PE-HD为基体的PE～Hi）／PET、共混合金。通过力学性能和流变性能测试，扫描电镜（SEM）和动态力学分析（DMA）等手段，研究丁PTW对共混合金性能的影响。结果表明：PTW提高了体系的综合性能，当PE-HD／PET配比为90／10，PTW含量在5份时，其缺口冲击强度提高了近400％，拉伸强度和断裂伸长率分别提高了25％和50％，同时改善了共混合金的加工性能。SEM分析表明PTW的加入增大了共混合金的界面相互作用，促进了分散相粒子的细化，从而提高丁体系相容性，DMA测试表明，PTW的加入使PET的玻璃化转变温度向PE—HD的玻璃化转变温度靠近：     

苯乙烯类嵌段共聚物对IR/CR共混物形态结构的影响

考察了苯乙烯类嵌段共聚物对ＩＲ／ＣＲ二元共混物相态结构及粒子尺寸的影响。结果表明，加入苯乙烯类嵌段共聚物可有效改善ＩＲ／ＣＲ共混物的分散状态，在任何组成下均可降低分散相粒子尺寸，促进体系均匀分散，其中苯乙烯－异戊二烯共聚物的效果最为理想，其最佳用量为３～７份。     

改性胶粉/SBR共混胶料的结构性能研究

研究了硫黄、促进剂、改性胶粉用量对胶粉／ＳＢＲ共混胶料性能的影响。结果表明；改性胶粉用量在１０－３５份的范围内．对共混胶料的静态力学性能影响不大：在１０－２２份的范围内对动态压缩疲劳生热影响不大．适当调整基质胶中硫黄、促进剂的用量．有利于降低胶料的动态压缩疲劳生热。扫描电子能谱微区分析的研究表明：由于硫黄的迁移形成了具有特殊结构的界面过渡层．该过渡层是降低动态压缩疲劳生热的关键。     

裂解色谱法对共聚物与共混物的鉴定

李文应用裂解色谱法对丙烯酸酯等物质的共聚物与共混物进行了鉴定。     

Structural characterization of reactor blends of polypropylene and ethylene‐propylene rubber

Blends of isotactic polypropylene (PP), ethylene‐propylene rubber copolymer (EPR), and ethylene‐propylene crystalline copolymer (EPC) can be produced through in situ polymerization processes directly in the reactor and blends with different structure and composition can be obtained. In this work we studied the structure of five reactor‐made blends of PP, EPR, and EPC produced by a Ziegler‐Natta catalyst system. The composition of EPR was related to the ratio between ethylene and propylene used in the copolymerization step. The ethylene content in the EPR was in the range of 50–70 mol %. The crystallization behavior of PP and EPC in the blends was influenced by the presence of the rubber, and some specific interactions between the components could be established. By preparative temperature rising elution fractionation (P‐TREF) analysis, the isolation and characterization of crystalline EPC fractions were made. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 92: 2155–2162, 2004     

尼龙1212/EPDM-g-MAH共混体系的制备及性能研究

制备了尼龙（PA）1212／EPDM－g-MAH共混物，并对其力学性能、热性能及共混形态进行了研究，结果表明，增韧剂的加入使共混物的缺口冲击强度显著增大，当增韧剂含量为20％时，缺口冲击强度为74．98kJ/m^3，是纯PA1212的13．5倍；用二甲苯处理过的共混物试样断面很不平坦，有很多孔洞和类纤维体，说明弹性体粒子以球状分散于基体树脂中。     

Shear rate dependence of viscosity and first normal stress difference of LCP/PET blends at solid and molten states of LCP

The liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) were blended in an elastic melt extruder to make samples having 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 wt % of LCP. Morphology of these samples was studied using scanning electron microscopy. The steady state shear viscosity (η), dynamic complex viscosity (η*) and first normal stress difference (N₁) were evaluated and compared at two temperatures: 265°C, at which LCP was in solid state, and 285°C, at which LCP was in molten state. The PET was in molten state at both the temperatures. The shear viscosity of the studied blends displayed its dependence on composition and shear rate. A maxima was observed in viscosity versus composition plot corresponding to 80/20 LCP/PET blend. The N₁ increased with LCP loading in PET and with the increased asymmetry of LCP droplets. The N₁ also varied with the shear stress in two stages; the first stage demonstrated elastic deformation, whereas second stage displayed dominant plastic deformation of LCP droplets. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 104: 2212–2218, 2007     

SBR/LDPE复合改性沥青高温性能研究

研究了SBR／LDPE熔融共混物改性沥青的高温贮存稳定性及其粘温特性和动态力学性能，并利用光学显微镜观察了各种改性沥青在高温下随时间的变化。结果表明：采用预先制备的SBR／LDPE共混物所得到的改性沥青能够在高温下稳定贮存。同时，相形态观察也表明。这种共混物改性沥青的高温相形态也不随时间变化。而聚合物的加入在一定程度上降低了沥青的温度敏感性，提高了沥青的高温使用等级。