Dynamically Photocrosslinking of Polypropylene/EPDM Blends as a Thermoplastic Elastomer

作     者：WANGWei-zhi WUQiang-hua QUBao-jun 

作者机构：DepartmentofPolymerScienceandEngineeringUniversityofScienceandTechnologyofChinaHefei230026P.R.China 

出 版 物：《Chemical Research in Chinese Universities》 (高等学校化学研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2004年第20卷第1期

页      面：111-113页

核心收录：

学科分类：081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 070305[理学-高分子化学与物理] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：SupportedbytheNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina(No .5 0 0 730 2 2 ) 

主　　题：Polypropylene Ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer Dynamical Photocrosslinking Structure and properties 

摘      要：The mechanical properties and the crystal morphological structures of the dynamically photocrosslinked polypropylene(PP)/ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer(EPDM) blends have been studied by means of mechanical tests, wide-angle X-ray diffraction(WAXD), and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). The dynamically photocrosslinking of the PP/EPDM blends can improve the mechanical properties considerably, especially the notched Izod impact strength at low temperatures. The data obtained from the mechanical tests show that the notched Izod impact strength of the dynamically photocrosslinked sample with 30% EPDM at -20 ℃ is about six times that of the uncrosslinked sample with the same EPDM component. The results from the gel content, the results of WAXD, and the DSC measurements reveal the enhanced mechanism of the impact strength for the dynamically photocrosslinked PP/EPDM blends as follows: (1) There exists the crosslinking of the EPDM phase in the photocrosslinked PP/EPDM blends; (2) The β-type crystal structure of PP is formed and the content of α-type crystal decreases with increasing the EPDM component; (3) The graft copolymer of PP-g-EPDM is formed at the interface between the PP and EPDM components. All the above changes of the crystal morphological structures are favorable for increasing the compatibility and enhancing the toughness of the PP/EPDM blends at low temperatures.