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Thermal, rheological, morphological and mechanical properties of high density polyethylene/ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (HDPE/EVA) blends

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Thermal, rheological, morphological and mechanical properties of binary HDPE and EVA blends were studied. The results of rheological studies showed that for given HDPE and EVA, the interfacial interaction in HDPE-rich blends is higher than EVA-rich blends. Using three different rheological criterions, the phase inversion composition was predicted to be in 30 wt% of the EVA phase. This showed good agreement with morphological studies. The tensile strength for HDPE-rich blends showed positive deviation from mixing rule, whereas the EVA-rich blends played negative deviation. These results were in a good agreement with the results of viscoelastic behavior of the blends. The thermal analysis revealed that high co-crystallizaiton in 90/10 composition, which increased the tensile strength and decreased the elongation at break in this composition. Furthermore, the results of thermal behavior of the blends indicated that the melting temperatures of HDPE decrease due to the dilution effect of EVA on HDPE.

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Chen, Y., Zou, H. & Liang, M. Thermal, rheological, morphological and mechanical properties of high density polyethylene/ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (HDPE/EVA) blends. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 56, 465–471 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X14040026

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