| Abstract: | The effect of the processing molding temperature on the properties and crystalline structure of acrylonitile‐butadiene rubber (NBR)/nylon 6,66,1010 (trinylon) thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPV) was studied. With decreasing molding temperature, the stress at 100% and elongation at break of TPV changed slightly, and the solvent resistance of TPV improved. The best conditions for processing molding were 170°C and 12 min. The crystalline structure of the nylon continuous phase in TPV was investigated by X‐ray diffraction, polarized optical microscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry. The results show that the crystalline structure of the nylon phase in TPV was more perfect/orderly and formed α‐crystalline structure at a processing molding temperature of 170°C. Therefore, the oil resistance of NBR/trinylon TPV clearly improved. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 102: 1374–1379, 2006 |
