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Miscibility, crystallinity and morphology of polymer blends of polyamide-6 poly (β-hydroxybutyrate)
Joint Authors
al-Rawajfah, Ayman Id
al-Salah, Hasan A.
al-Rhael, Ismail
Source
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2006), pp.155-170, 16 p.
Publisher
Yarmouk University Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies
Publication Date
2006-12-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Polyamide-6 (PA6) with bacterial poly ( β -hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) are typical polyamide and polyester, respectively.
PA6 is known to be high-strength engineering thermoplastic.
Although it is ductile at room temperature, it becomes brittle under severe conditions such as high strain rates and/or low temperatures.
This is due to the low crack propagation resistance of polyamides.
PHB is a biodegradable and biocompatible thermoplastic polymer of high melting temperature (180°C ) and crystallinity.
PHB has attracted much attention as an environmentally degradable resin to be used for agricultural, marine and medical applications.
One of the limitations of PHB for these applications is its brittleness and narrow processing window.
Blending of friendly environmental biopolymers with synthetic polymers has proven to be a suitable tool to produce novel materials with combined characteristics in having both improved application properties and low cost advantages in material performance.
In this study, the segmental interaction parameters, crystallinity, miscibility and morphology of polymer blends (PB) of PA6 and PHB have been studied at different weight fractions and different crystallization temperatures.
The experimental approaches utilized are Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Polarized Optical Microscopy (POM).
The interaction parameters were calculated using the Nishi-Wang equation, which is based on the Flory-Huggins theory.
The values of interaction parameters χ12 were negative for all blend compositions suggesting that 12 χ depends on the volume fraction (Φ) of the polymer.
Significant upward shifts of νC=O and νNH are observed with increasing the voume fraction Φ2 of PHB which reflect the miscibility of the blend systems.
Polymer blends show spherulitic morphology and the spherulites exhibit a banded structure.
The band spacing decreases with increasing PHB content.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Rawajfah, Ayman Id& al-Salah, Hasan A.& al-Rhael, Ismail. 2006. Miscibility, crystallinity and morphology of polymer blends of polyamide-6 poly (β-hydroxybutyrate). Jordan Journal of Chemistry،Vol. 1, no. 2, pp.155-170.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Rawajfah, Ayman Id…[et al.]. Miscibility, crystallinity and morphology of polymer blends of polyamide-6 poly (β-hydroxybutyrate). Jordan Journal of Chemistry Vol. 1, no. 2 (Dec. 2006), pp.155-170.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Rawajfah, Ayman Id& al-Salah, Hasan A.& al-Rhael, Ismail. Miscibility, crystallinity and morphology of polymer blends of polyamide-6 poly (β-hydroxybutyrate). Jordan Journal of Chemistry. 2006. Vol. 1, no. 2, pp.155-170.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-290069
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 169-170
Record ID
BIM-290069