Rheological characterization and thermal modeling of polyolefins for process design and tailored interfaces

Alex M. Jordan, Kyungtae Kim, Frank S. Bates, Christopher W. Macosko, Shaffiq Jaffer, Olivier Lhost

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Abstract

While chemically similar, it has long been known that polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) are immiscible and suffer poor interfacial adhesion when processed as layered films or blends. In this paper we present an examination of the effect that processing conditions, such as extrusion residence time and post-extrusion take-up, have on the interfacial adhesion between PE and PP. We show that transient heat transfer analysis and rheological measurement can be used to determine processing conditions, which maximize adhesion between immiscible polymer pairs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNovel Trends in Rheology VII
EditorsMartin Zatloukal
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735415133
DOIs
StatePublished - May 5 2017
Event7th International Conference on Novel Trends in Rheology 2017 - Zlin, Czech Republic
Duration: Jul 26 2017Jul 27 2017

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1843
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

Other7th International Conference on Novel Trends in Rheology 2017
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityZlin
Period7/26/177/27/17

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