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Effect of acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene copolymer (ABS) on β-nucleation in β-nucleated polypropylene/ABS blends

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β-PP/acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene (ABS) blends were prepared with PP, ABS and a novel supported β-nucleating agent or β-PP and ABS. The effect of ABS on the β-nucleation of PP and crystallization and melting behavior of β-PP/ABS blends were investigated by differential scanning calorimeter, wide angle X-ray diffraction, and polarized light microscopy. Results suggested that addition of low content of ABS has no effect on the β-nucleation of PP and crystallization behavior, and melting characteristic of β-PP/ABS blends. However, the increasing content of ABS decreases the β-nucleation, crystallization temperatures, and spherulite size of PP in the blends. However, the blends with the β-PP content above 80 % were obtained at the content of ABS below 40 %.

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Acknowledgments

The project was supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 50873115, 51173208), Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (Grant no. 200805580011) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant no. 20100480803).

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    Chunguang Wang, Zishou Zhang, Yifei Du, Junping Zhang & Kancheng Mai

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Wang, C., Zhang, Z., Du, Y. et al. Effect of acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene copolymer (ABS) on β-nucleation in β-nucleated polypropylene/ABS blends. Polym. Bull. 69, 847–859 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-012-0804-0

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