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JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 411-427Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-009-9327-2
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Mechanical properties; Dynamic cross-linking; Torque; Shear yielding; Cross-linking level; Phase morphology
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The mixing torque behavior of ter blends of isotactic-polypropylene (iPP) with ethylene-propylene diene rubber (EPDM)/Nitrile rubber (NBR) was studied with the help of Rheometer using resole type phenolic resin as a cross-linking agents. Systematic changes with varying blend composition were observed in stress-strain behavior in the yield region viz., width of yield peak, work of yield, yield stress and yield strain. Analysis of yield stress data was made on the basis of various mathematical expressions of first power and two-thirds power laws of blend composition dependence and the porosity model. It led to consistent result from the expressions about the variation of stress concentration effect in both uncross-linked and cross-linked blend systems. With the aid of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shapes and sizes of dispersed elastomer phase (EPDM / NBR) domains at varying blend compositions were studied.
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