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7.9.2 Appendix 7.2 Rheology of Commodity Polymer Blends

From: The Rheology of Polymer Alloys and Blends

Polymer 1

Polymer 2

Type

Method

References

Polyethylene, PE

PS

homologous

dynamic

Akovali, 1967; Masuda et al., 1970; Marin, 1977; Frank & Meissner, 1984; Montfort, 1984

PE

PP

immiscible

 

Plochocki, 1978; Deanin & d’Isidoro, 1980

PE

Isotactic polypropylene, PP

compatibilized with 5 wt% EPR

impact strength

Ho & Salovey, 1982; Bartlett et al., 1982

PE

PP

immiscible

 

Dumoulin, 1988

PE

PET

immiscible

capillary

Gerasimchuk et al., 1986

PE

Ethylene maleic anhydride-g-PA

immiscible

capillary

Serpe et al., 1990

PE

PA-6, with maleated SEBS, SEBS-MA

immiscible

capillary/ dynamic

Lim & White, 1994

LDPE

PS

immiscible

 

Utracki & Sammut, 1988

Polyolefin

Polyamide, PA

compatibilized

permeability

Willis & Favis, 1988

LDPE

Polybutene 1 (PB)

immiscible/ viscoelastic

capillary/ dynamic

Deri & Behar, 1992

LDPE

LLDPE

immiscible

capillary

David et al., 1993

LDPE

PS or PS/SEB; PS-b-polyisoprene (diblock)

immiscible

dynamic, elongational

Utracki & Sammut, 1990

HDPE

HDPE/ UHMWPE

immiscible

dynamic

Dumoulin et al., 1984; Vadhar & Kyu, 1987

HDPE LDPE

HDPE, LDPE

miscible

capillary

Dobrescu, 1980; Chuang & Han, 1984

HDPE

UHMWPE

miscible/ immiscible

dynamic

Dumoulin et al., 1984

HDPE

LDPE

immiscible

capillary

Dobrescu, 1980; Curto et al., 1983; La Mantia et al., 1984

HDPE

LDPE

immiscible

rotational

Kammer & Socher, 1982

HDPE

LDPE

immiscible

capillary

Acierno et al., 1988; La Mantia et al., 1986; Bhijsels et al., 1988

HDPE

PP

immiscible

capillary

Alle & Lyngaae-Jørgensen, 1980; Alle et al., 1981

HDPE

PA

immiscible/ lamellar

dynamic/capillary/ permeability

Kamal et al., 1984; Dumoulin et al., 1985; Utracki et al., 1986

HDPE

PET with EGMA as a compatibilizer

immiscible

capillary

Dagli & Kamdar, 1994

HDPE

PET with EVAc as a compatibilizer

immiscible

torque rheometry

Chen & Lai, 1994

UHMWPE

HDPE

immiscible

dynamic

Dumoulin et al., 1984

UHMWPE

LLDPE

miscible/ immiscible

capillary

Vadhar & Kyu, 1987; Ree, 1987

UHMWPE

HDPE

miscible

dynamic

Dumoulin et al., 1984

HDPE

PS or PA-6 or PC

immiscible

steady state shear

Min, 1984; Utracki et al., 1986

HDPE or PP

LLDPE

immiscible/ fibrillation

capillary

Tree & McHugh, 1988

HDPE

UHMWPE

immiscible

capillary

Bretas & Granado, 1993

LLDPE

LLDPE

miscible

dynamic

Utracki & Schlund, 1987

LLDPE

PC

immiscible

dynamic

Utracki et al., 1987; Utracki & Sammut, 1987

LLDPE

LLDPE

miscible/ immiscible

dynamic

Utracki, 1985c; Utracki & Schlund, 1987b

LLDPE

LDPE

immiscible

capillary

Speed, 1982; Nancekivell, 1985

LLDPE

PP

EPR, di-block

dynamic/ capillary

Dumoulin et al., 1984, 1986; Dumoulin, 1988; Tree & McAugh, 1988

LLDPE

LDPE

immiscible

uniaxial elongation

La Mantia et al., 1986, 1988; Acierno et al., 1986; Schlund & Utracki, 1987c; Ghijsels et al., 1988

LLDPE

UHMWPE

immiscible

uniaxial elongation

Dumoulin et al., 1984

LLDPE

LDPE

immiscible

capillary

Muller et al., 1994

LLDPE

PP

immiscible

capillary

Bains et al., 1994

LLDPE

LDPE

immiscible

capillary, elongational

Tremblay, 1992

LLDPE

PC

immiscible

dynamic

Utracki & Sammut, 1990

PP

PP

homologous

dynamic

Deopura & Kadam, 1986

PP

PP

miscible

dynamic

Zeichner & Patel, 1981

PP

PE

immiscible

dynamic

Dumoulin et al., 1986; Dumoulin, 1988; Utracki & Schlund, 1987

PP

LDPE

immiscible

capillary

Santamaria et al., 1985

PP

PA-6

immiscible

capillary

Hayashida & Yoshida, 1979; Utracki et al., 1986; Han, 1981; Liang et al., 1983

PP

PA-6

immiscible

capillary

Yakovlev et al., 1984

PP

Elastomer

immiscible

elongation

Sebastian & Chen, 1983

PP

LLDPE

immiscible

elongation

Dumoulin et al., 1984

PP

SEBS

immiscible

capillary

Gupta & Srinivasan, 1993

PP

EVAc

immiscible

dynamic

Cassagnau et al., 1992

PP

ULDPE

immiscible

dynamic

Lee et al., 1991

PP

EPDM

immiscible

dynamic

Van Gisbergen et al., 1991

PP (PP-g-AA)

PET

immiscible

capillary

Xanthos et al., 1990

PP

LCP

immiscible

capillary

Ye et al., 1991

PS

PVME

miscible

dynamic

Nishi et al., 1981; Ajji et al., 1988

PS

Polyethylacrylate

immiscible

dynamic

Smith et al., 1987; Bazuin & Eisenberg, 1986

PS

PE

immiscible

dynamic

Federic et al., 1981; Bolotnikova et al., 1982; Edel, 1984; Sammut & Utracki, 1986; Utracki & Sammut, 1988

PS

Polycarbonate, PC

immiscible

dynamic

Bye & Miles, 1986

PS

TMPC

miscible

dynamic

Wisniewsky et al., 1985

PS

PMMA

immiscible

capillary

Wang & Lee, 1987

PS

PVME

immiscible

uniaxial elongation

Katsaros et al., 1986

PS

SBS

immiscible

elongation

Dreval et al., 1983

PS

LDPE & SEB

immiscible

dynamic/ elongation

Sammut & Utracki, 1987

PS

PPE

immiscible

dynamic

Kim et al., 1992

PS

XPS

crosslinked

dynamic

Nemirovski et al., 1993

PS

PA

immiscible

dynamic

Sundararaj et al., 1992

PS

PP

   

PS

PMMA

immiscible/ viscoelastic

dynamic

Graebling et al., 1993

PDMS

PO

   

PS

PVME

immiscible

 

Fernandez et al., 1995

PE

,PBA

   

CPE

EVAc

   

PS

PMMA; PEMA; polyethylenediol

immiscible

dynamic

Graebling et al., 1994

PDMS

    

PS

PVME

immiscible

dynamic

Ajji et al., 1991

ABS

ASA

immiscible/ yield stress

shear / elongation

Munstedt, 1981

ABS

SAN

immiscible/ yield stress

elongation

Saito, 1982

PVC

TPU

immiscible/ viscoelastic

dynamic

Baranov et al., 1992

PMMA

PMMA

homologous

dynamic

Onogi et al., 1970

PMMA

PVDF

miscible

dynamic

Wu, 1987

PMMA

SAN

miscible

dynamic

Wu, 1987

PMMA

ACS

immiscible

dynamic

Han & Yang, 1987

PMMA

PVDF

immiscible

dynamic

Wu, 1987

PMMA

PE

immiscible

dynamic

Martinez & Williams, 1980

PMMA

PVDF and PS

immiscible

dynamic

Chuang & Han, 1984

PMMA

SAN; PVDF

miscible

shear flow

Yang et al., 1994