Rheologica Acta

, Volume 28, Issue 5, pp 417–422 | Cite as

Shear viscosity of polybutyleneterephthalate/liquid crystal polymer blends

  • F. P. La Mantia
  • A. Valenza
  • M. Paci
  • P. L. Magagnini
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Abstract

Viscosity measurements have been carried out on blends of polybuty-leneterephthalate (PBT) and a liquid crystalline copolyesteramide (LCP). The flow curves of the blends with LCP content larger than 20%, show a behavior similar to that of the pure LCP, with a rapid rise of the viscosity at low shear rates. The viscosity-composition curves exhibit a deep minimum at low LCP content which may be mainly attributed to the lack of interactions between the two phases.

Key words

Liquid-crystal Polymer blend shear viscosity fibrils 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • F. P. La Mantia
    • 1
  • A. Valenza
    • 1
  • M. Paci
  • P. L. Magagnini
    • 2
  1. 1.Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica dei Processi e dei MaterialiUniversità di PalermoPalermoItaly
  2. 2.Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Chimica Industriale e Scienza dei MaterialiUniversità di PisaItaly

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