# REACTIVE COMPATIBILIZATION AND ELASTOMER TOUGHENING OF POLY(2,6-DIMETHYL-1,4-PHENYLENE OXIDE)/POLYAMIDE 6 BLENDS

> Title: REACTIVE COMPATIBILIZATION AND ELASTOMER TOUGHENING OF POLY(2,6-DIMETHYL-1,4-PHENYLENE OXIDE)/POLYAMIDE 6 BLENDS Page Range: p.219-226 Author(s): Li B; Wan C; Zhang Y; Ji J; Su Y File size: 358K Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites...

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Published: 2010-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: REACTIVE COMPATIBILIZATION AND ELASTOMER TOUGHENING OF POLY(2,6-DIMETHYL-1,4-PHENYLENE OXIDE)/POLYAMIDE 6 BLENDS**
 Page Range: p.219-226
 Author(s): Li B; Wan C; Zhang Y; Ji J; Su Y
 File size: 358K
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 18
 Issue No: No.4

**Abstract**
 Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)/polyamide 6 (PPO/PA6) blends were reactively compatibilised by maleic anhydride (MA) grafted PPO (PPO-g-MA) and toughened by MA grafted styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS) (SEBS-g-MA) via melt extrusion. The compatibilising effect of PPO-g-MA on the PPO/PA6 blends was studied by using scanning electronic microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and mechanical properties tests. The notched impact strength of PPO-g-MA/PPO/PA6/SEBS-g-MA blends increased with increasing SEBS-g-MA content, leading to blends having super-tough behaviour. The fracture behaviour of the PPO/PA6 blends was studied using a modified essential work of fracture model (EWF), which showed that plastic deformation related to SEBS-g-MA was the crucial factor for the toughening. 31 Refs.

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