Effect of Cross-Linking Degree of EPDM Phase on the Morphology Evolution and Crystallization Behavior of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates Based on Polyamide 6 (PA6)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber (EPDM) Blends

As a special class of “green” elastomers, thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) have been widely used in industries due to the combination of the excellent resilience of conventional elastomers and the easy recyclability of thermoplastics. Here, the morphology evolution of TPVs based on polyamide 6/ethy...

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Autores principales: Ma, Lifeng, Yang, Wei, Guo, Hui
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6780959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31438487
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11091375
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Yang, Wei
Guo, Hui
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description As a special class of “green” elastomers, thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) have been widely used in industries due to the combination of the excellent resilience of conventional elastomers and the easy recyclability of thermoplastics. Here, the morphology evolution of TPVs based on polyamide 6/ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (PA6/EPDM) blends was investigated by varying the content of the curing agent, phenolic resin (PF). With the incorporation of 6 wt% PF, the gel content of the EPDM phase reaches a high value of 49.6 wt% and a typical sea-island structure is formed with EPDM domain in a micro-nano size. The dynamic rheology behaviors of TPVs showed that with the curing degree of EPDM phase increasing, a denser network of EPDM particles is formed in PA6 matrix. Additionally, a lower crystal degree and crystal peak temperature are observed, indicating that there exists a growth restriction of PA6 crystal plate induced by a thinner plastic layer between the adjacent EPDM particles. However, the crystal form of PA6 is not changed with the increasing curing degree of the EPDM phase. This study provides an effective strategy to realize a new kind of TPVs, which can be easily introduced into industrial applications.
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spelling pubmed-67809592019-10-30 Effect of Cross-Linking Degree of EPDM Phase on the Morphology Evolution and Crystallization Behavior of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates Based on Polyamide 6 (PA6)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber (EPDM) Blends Ma, Lifeng Yang, Wei Guo, Hui Polymers (Basel) Article As a special class of “green” elastomers, thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) have been widely used in industries due to the combination of the excellent resilience of conventional elastomers and the easy recyclability of thermoplastics. Here, the morphology evolution of TPVs based on polyamide 6/ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (PA6/EPDM) blends was investigated by varying the content of the curing agent, phenolic resin (PF). With the incorporation of 6 wt% PF, the gel content of the EPDM phase reaches a high value of 49.6 wt% and a typical sea-island structure is formed with EPDM domain in a micro-nano size. The dynamic rheology behaviors of TPVs showed that with the curing degree of EPDM phase increasing, a denser network of EPDM particles is formed in PA6 matrix. Additionally, a lower crystal degree and crystal peak temperature are observed, indicating that there exists a growth restriction of PA6 crystal plate induced by a thinner plastic layer between the adjacent EPDM particles. However, the crystal form of PA6 is not changed with the increasing curing degree of the EPDM phase. This study provides an effective strategy to realize a new kind of TPVs, which can be easily introduced into industrial applications. MDPI 2019-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6780959/ /pubmed/31438487 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11091375 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ma, Lifeng
Yang, Wei
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Effect of Cross-Linking Degree of EPDM Phase on the Morphology Evolution and Crystallization Behavior of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates Based on Polyamide 6 (PA6)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber (EPDM) Blends
title Effect of Cross-Linking Degree of EPDM Phase on the Morphology Evolution and Crystallization Behavior of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates Based on Polyamide 6 (PA6)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber (EPDM) Blends
title_full Effect of Cross-Linking Degree of EPDM Phase on the Morphology Evolution and Crystallization Behavior of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates Based on Polyamide 6 (PA6)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber (EPDM) Blends
title_fullStr Effect of Cross-Linking Degree of EPDM Phase on the Morphology Evolution and Crystallization Behavior of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates Based on Polyamide 6 (PA6)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber (EPDM) Blends
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Cross-Linking Degree of EPDM Phase on the Morphology Evolution and Crystallization Behavior of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates Based on Polyamide 6 (PA6)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber (EPDM) Blends
title_short Effect of Cross-Linking Degree of EPDM Phase on the Morphology Evolution and Crystallization Behavior of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates Based on Polyamide 6 (PA6)/Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber (EPDM) Blends
title_sort effect of cross-linking degree of epdm phase on the morphology evolution and crystallization behavior of thermoplastic vulcanizates based on polyamide 6 (pa6)/ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (epdm) blends
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6780959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31438487
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11091375
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