Polypropylene/polyamide 6/polyethylene-octene elastomer blends. Part 3. Mechanisms of volume dilatation during plastic deformation under uniaxial tension |
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Authors: | Shu-Lin Bai Jean-Marie Hiver |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, People's Republic of China b Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux, Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Parc de Saurupt, 54042 Nancy cedex, France c Laboratoire d'Etude des Matériaux, Cerdato, Arkema, 27470 Serquigny, France |
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Abstract: | It has been shown in a previous paper in this series that important dilatation is produced by plastic deformation under tension of neat PP and PP/PA6/POE blends, for which the POE to PA6 concentration ratio equals 1/2. In this work, the detailed mechanisms of this volume change are investigated from electron micrographs (SEM and TEM) obtained in the deformed state. At low alloy content, it is thus observed that dilatation results from decohesion of the PA6 particles from the PP matrix. As the amount of PA6 and POE increases, voids are nucleated preferentially in the thicker POE interphase making a shell around the PA6 particles, and secondarily in isolated POE particles. Unexpectedly, it has been found that the overall volume dilatation decreases with total alloying content. This is interpreted by: (i) the increasing contribution of PA6 that intrinsically deforms with less cavitation than PP, (ii) the post-cavitation rubber-like stretching of POE particles and, (iii) the early formation of a percolating network of shear bands from the diffuse array of voids formed after the yield point. These mechanisms explain the gradual increase of the resistance to impact of the PP/PA6/POE as their alloying content is increased. |
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Keywords: | Polymer blends Volume dilatation Electron microscopy |
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