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Article: The glass transition temperature of nitrated polystyrene/poly(acrylic acid) blends.
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- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- August 1, 1996
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INTRODUCTION
Recently, research in the area of polymer blends and composites has been very active in both academic and industrial communities. From an industrial point of view, polymer blends compensate for the deficiency in price-performance of existing homopolymers with a lower capital investment. Polymer blends are more economical to produce, and generally incur a lower technical risk than developing a new polymer or polymeric grade (1). The plastic properties improved using polymer blending technology include processability, ductility, thermal characteristics, mechanical properties, and so on (2). Further, an annual growth rate of [approximately]10% through 1996 ...