| Abstract: | Mechanical and surface properties of injection-molded specimens for miscible and immiscible blends of ABS with PMMA were investigated. Regardless of miscibility, hardness, modulus, and strength of the blends generally showed a smooth variation with composition, with the possible exception of impact strength. In miscible blends, impact strength decreased smoothly with PMMA; however, in immiscible blends, a drastic drop to less than the half that of ABS was obtained at 10 wt % PMMA. Compounding at higher temperature gave decreased modulus and strength and increased impact strength. Surface gloss decreased with PMMA addition in the miscible system and increased in the immiscible system up to 50 wt % PMMA. From contact-angle and FTIR measurements, it is suggested that the surface properties are governed by miscibility and the viscosity ratio of the components. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
