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The influence of epoxy resin on the morphological and rheological properties of PET/PA66 blend

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Interfacial reactions have dominant effects on the morphological and rheological properties of compatibilized polymer blends. This work aims to investigate the effect of epoxy resin, as a coupling agent, on the interface properties and subsequent influences on the morphological and rheological properties of polyethylene terephthalate/polyamide66 (PET/PA66) blend. PET/PA66 70/30 blends with different amount of bisphenol A epoxy resin (0, 1, 3, and 5 wt.%) were prepared. SEM micrographs show reduction in droplet size with increasing epoxy resin concentration, confirming the reactive compatibilizing effect of the epoxy resin. Reactions at the interface of the PET-EP-PA66 blend are confirmed by FTIR spectra. Shear viscosity results demonstrates that adding epoxy resin could suppress the interfacial slip at the blend interphase. Obtained results from storage modulus (G′) curves show the presence of one plateau for the blends at low frequency region; nevertheless, relaxation spectra indicate the presence of two more relaxation mechanisms than precursors which are related to the shape relaxation of droplets and the interface relaxation. The presence of the interface relaxation time in the blend without epoxy resin can prove the presence of reactions between two condensation polymers; however, adding the epoxy resin results in reducing both relaxation time and interfacial tension and increasing interfacial shear modulus. These observations indicate that the epoxy resin has been successful to boost the reactions at the interface between two polymers. Fitting the obtained experimental data using Palierne model indicates that the general Palierne model could describe rheological properties of the blends very well.

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    Hamed Khoshnevis & Ali Zadhoush

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Khoshnevis, H., Zadhoush, A. The influence of epoxy resin on the morphological and rheological properties of PET/PA66 blend. Rheol Acta 51, 467–480 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-011-0615-5

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