The simultaneous addition of styrene maleic anhydride copolymer and multiwall carbon nanotubes during melt‐mixing on the morphology of binary blends of polyamide6 and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer |
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| Authors: | B.F. Jogi Arup R. Bhattacharyya Amrita V. Poyekar Petra Pötschke George P. Simon Satish Kumar |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India;2. IITB‐Monash Research Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India;3. Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia;4. Department of Functional Nanocomposites and Blends, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Dresden, Germany;5. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA |
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| Abstract: | The effect of simultaneous addition of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and a reactive compatibilizer (styrene maleic anhydride copolymer, SMA) during melt‐mixing on the phase morphology of 80/20 (wt/wt) PA6/ABS blend has been investigated. Morphological analysis through scanning and transmission electron microscopic analysis revealed finer morphology of the blends in presence of SMA + MWNTs. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analysis indicated the formation of imide bonds during melt‐mixing. Non‐isothermal crystallization studies exhibited the presence of a majority faction of MWNTs in the PA6 phase of 80/20 (wt/wt) PA6/ABS blend in presence of SMA + MWNTs. Rheological analysis, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis have demonstrated the compatibilization action of simultaneous addition of a reactive compatibilizer (SMA copolymer) and MWNTs in PA6/ABS blends. An attempt has been made to investigate the role of simultaneous addition of SMA copolymer and MWNTs on the morphology of 80/20 (wt/wt) PA6/ABS blend through various characterization techniques. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 55:457–465, 2015. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers |
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