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Published on: October 17, 2016
Poly (lactic acid) blends with excellent low temperature toughness: A comparative study on poly (lactic acid) blends
Shiling Jia1, Ling Zhao2, Xiangyu Wang3
1School of materials science and engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China; Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.
Abstract:
Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) blends with different toughening agents were prepared by melt compounding, and the effects of toughening agents on the toughness of PLA, especially the low-temperature toughness, were investigated. All blends were immiscible systems, but the rheological Cole-Cole diagram showed that the blends had certain compatibility, and the interfacial bonding of PLA/Ethylene/butyl methacrylate/Glycidyl Methacrylate Terpolymer (GEBMA) blend was the best. With addition of the toughening agents, all blends showed improvement of the tensile and impact toughness both at room temperature and low temperature. GEBMA was the best toughening agent, the elongation at break and impact strength at room temperature and low temperature were greatly improved. The elongation at break, tensile strength and impact strength of PLA blend with 20 wt% GEBMA at -20 °C was 55.8 MPa, 195.9% and 18.8 kJ/m2, respectively, which showed the reinforcement and super ductility at low temperature. However, the toughening effect of Poly (propylene carbonate) polyurethane (PPCU) at low temperature was poor. The Tg and interfacial bonding were the main factors affecting the toughness of the blends, especially at low temperature. The lower the Tg and the better the interfacial bonding, the better the toughness of the blends.
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