Foaming behavior of microcellular thermoplastic olefin blends
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Abstract
The influence of reactive compatibilization on the foaming behavior of thermoplastic olefin blends of polypropylene and a metallocene-catalyzed ethylene octene copolymer was investigated. A batch setup was used to foam the samples using carbon dioxide as blowing agent. Solubility measurements were performed to determine the relative amount of gas concentration in the pressurized polymers before foaming. A microscopic method based on the back-scattered electron imaging technique was used to determine the respective locations of the bubbles and the dispersed elastomeric domains in the polypropylene matrix. It was shown that the bubbles are preferentially formed in the dispersed elastomeric domains. A clear relationship was established between the microstructure of the blends prepared with different levels of compatibilizer and the final cellular morphology of the microcellular thermoplastic olefin foams. The initial morphology of the blends was also altered by quiescent coarsening as well as shear-induced phase coalescence, and the impact of the morphological transitions on the cellular structure of the resulting foams was investigated. Dynamic shear and transient measurements of elongation were performed to characterize the viscoelastic behavior of the thermoplastic olefins. It was shown that the addition of a compatibilizer resulted in enhanced viscoelastic properties at low frequencies as well as increased levels of strain hardening, especially at low strain rates. The reactive compatibilization could significantly improve the melt foamability through control of the blend microstructure as well as enhancement of the melt rheological properties.
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| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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