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Article: The study of morphology, thermal and thermo-mechanical properties of compatibilized TPU/SAN blends.
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- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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INTRODUCTION
The design and synthesis of new polymers for specific applications is a time consuming and expensive process. A successful alternative for the development of new polymeric materials is blending of already existing polymers in order to obtain a balance (or even synergism) of the desired properties exhibited by the individual components. Hence, the study of multicomponent polymeric systems is one of the main research areas in polymer science.
While miscibility has a strict thermodynamic meaning, compatibility is defined in operational terms. A blend may be more or less compatible, if it is closer or further away from miscibility. The highest ...