Journal
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
Volume 146, Issue 5, Pages 2127-2139Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-020-10423-5
Keywords
Bio-based polyethylene; Ethylene vinyl acetate; Polymer blends; Thermal properties; Rheology
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- CAPES
- CNPq
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The concentration of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and the vinyl acetate (VA) content in EVA have significant effects on the properties of bio-based high-density polyethylene (BioPE)/EVA blends. Increasing EVA concentration decreases the crystallinity of BioPE, while blends with higher VA content exhibit higher impact strength.
The effect of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) concentration and vinyl acetate (VA) content of EVA on the mechanical, morphological, and rheological properties of bio-based high-density polyethylene (BioPE)/EVA blends was investigated. The blends were characterized by X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, scanning electron microscopy, and rheological measurements under oscillatory shear flow. The degree of crystallinity of BioPE decreased with the increase in the EVA concentration and was unaffected with the increase in the VA content. DMTA results showed a decrease in the storage modulus (E ') with the increase in EVA content and that the BioPE/EVA19 blends showed higher E ' values than BioPE/EVA28 blend. The impact strength substantially increased with the addition of EVA concentration above 5 mass% and was higher for the blends containing the highest VA content. The blends containing a higher content of VA exhibited the higher EVA dispersed phase domain size, which increased with the increase in EVA concentration. The complex viscosity increased with the increase in the EVA content, being higher for the BioPE/EVA blends containing higher VA content. The storage modulus increased, at low frequencies, with the increase in the EVA content and can be ascribed to the increase in the EVA dispersed phase domain size.
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