Morphology evolution and mechanical property enhancement of linear low‐density polyethylene by adding disentangled ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

Author(s):  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Yutao Di ◽  
Chunlin Ye ◽  
Letian Zhang ◽  
Xin Tang ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1013-1028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Wang ◽  
Dongjie Chen ◽  
Sui Wang ◽  
Ziran Du ◽  
Nannan Jiang ◽  
...  

Low-density polyethylene single-polymer composites (SPCs) reinforced with sandwiched ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene woven fabric were prepared by insert injection molding. The process combines aesthetic and processing advantages. A processing temperature window (135–155°C) of a very short cycle time (less than 30 s) could be realized. The mechanical properties and morphologies of the samples were evaluated. The results suggested that the polyethylene SPCs were prepared successfully with concurrent increases in flexural strength (∼57%), tensile strength (∼164%), and impact strength (∼69%). The effects of different processing parameters including the nozzle temperature, injection pressure, injection speed, and the holding time were discussed. Numerical simulation results were used in the analysis.


Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Ren ◽  
Ying Shi ◽  
Xuerong Yao ◽  
Yujing Tang ◽  
Li-Zhi Liu

Crystal orientations, tear strength and shrinkage of Linear Low-Density PolyEthylene (LLDPE) films made with different processes (compressed, cast and blown) were investigated. The films were made with three different LLDPE resins, respectively, which have similar density and molecular weight but are made with different comonomers (1-butene, 1-hexene and 1-octene), in order to investigate if tear strength in Machine Direction (MD) of the LLDPE films made with different comonomer has similar dependence on crystal orientation. Our study indicates that the films made of 1-hexene and 1-octene based LLDPE resins have significantly higher intrinsic tear strength and less decrease in MD tear strength for a given film orientation. That is, for a given orientation in MD, the MD tear drops dramatically for films made with butene-based resin but much less decrease for the films made with hexene and octene-based resins. The shrinkage property at high temperature shows a good correlation with crystal orientation and the fraction of the crystals melted at this temperature.


1985 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Acierno ◽  
A. Brancaccio ◽  
D. Curto ◽  
F. P. La Mantia ◽  
A. Valenza

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