Structure-Property Relationship in Rubber-Modified Propylene-Ethylene Block Copolymer Blends

Abstract
The incorporation of a phase modifier, as is well known in the case of elasto-plastic blends, leads to an improvement of mechanical properties and brittleness character for PRP-EVA blends. Similarly, the influence of a cocuring agent and a phase modifier on NR-PRP blends also improved the mechanical properties. Although the modification of the PRP-EVA blend has very little influence on glass transition temperatures, the NR-PRP blends show a measurable shift in their glass-transition temperatures. It is demonstrated that strong interaction occurs between the elastic and plastic components of the blends. Further, it has been shown that this interaction is responsible for improved properties of the blends over that of the pure polymer components.

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