Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of ABS Polymers in the Molten State

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Nonlinear viscoelastic properties were measured in the molten state for two series of ABS polymers with rubber particle contents of 5, 10, 15, and 20 wt%. Experimental results for the shear relaxationmodulusG(t,γ) obtained at large step strains revealed a striking fact that the strain dependence of the modulus disappears in the region where a long‐time relaxation due to the particles is dominant. In single‐step stress relaxation, the G(t,γ) curves are composed of two contributions, entanglement relaxation of the matrix polymer at shorter time scales and long‐time relaxation due to the particles. In order to separate the above two contributions, double‐step stress relaxation experiments were done in which the first step strain −γ is applied at t=−t1 and the second step strain γ is added at t=0. It is shown that t1 should be comparable with the maximum relaxation time of the matrix polymer for proper evaluation of the particle contribution.

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