Polymer blends
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Blending of two or more different polymers makes it possible to achieve various property combinations of the resulting material—mostly in a more cost‐effective way than by synthesis of new polymers. The resulting multicomponent and mostly heterogeneous blends are an extraordinarily important group of polymer materials, which comprise about a third of the world's polymer production. Common features of preparation, evaluation, and application of polymer blends are the main subject of the chapter. The basic problems associated with the nonequilibrium phase structure and its coarsening, the effects of interfacial energy of components, the strategies of compatibilization of immiscible polymers, and methods of phase structure analysis are elucidated. Special attention is paid to mechanical properties of heterogeneous blends and their prediction. Commercially important types of polymer blends as well as recycling of commingled plastic waste are briefly discussed.
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The most efficient method for improving the toughness of a brittle polymer is blending it with soft, ductile polymers.
“Generally, most efficient method for an improvement of toughness of a brittle polymer is its blending with soft, ductile polymers (Bucknall, 2000;Horak et al., 2005).”
From Phase Structure, Compatibility, and Toughness of PLA/PCL Blends: A Review (2019) · cites this paper as Horak et al., 2005
The modulus and yield strength of PLA/PCL blends decrease with the PCL content.
“As for the stiffness, all studies are in agreement that the modulus and yield strength of PLA/PCL blends decreases with the PCL content.”
From Phase Structure, Compatibility, and Toughness of PLA/PCL Blends: A Review (2019) · cites this paper as Horak et al., 2005
A compatibilizer can efficiently suppress changes in the phase structure during polymer blend processing.
“It is also very important that compatibilizer can efficiently suppress changes in the phase structure during polymer blends processing (Macosko et al., 1996;Marić and Macosko, 2002;Horak et al., 2005).”
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- Authors
- Horák, Z., Fortelný, I., Kolařík, J., Hlavatá, D., & Sikora, A.
- Affiliations
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (CZ)
- Venue
- Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
- Publisher
- Wiley
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- 2005-04-15
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- 267
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- en
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- Locations
- Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Keywords
- polymer blends, immiscible polymers, phase separation, phase coarsening, interfacial energy, compatibilization, polymer blending
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