Thermal and mechanical properties of poly(lactic acid)/natural rubber blend using epoxidized natural rubber and poly(methyl methacrylate) as co-compatibilizers

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 686-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wuthiphong Dechatiwong Na Ayutthaya ◽  
Sirilux Poompradub
2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-129
Author(s):  
Yoshimasa YAMAMOTO ◽  
Takuya ISHIDA ◽  
Phan Trung NGHIA ◽  
Lina FUKUHARA ◽  
Kenichiro KOSUGI ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 773 ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Jasmine Pongkasem ◽  
Saowaroj Chuayjuljit ◽  
Phasawat Chaiwutthinan ◽  
Amnouy Larpkasemsuk ◽  
Anyaporn Boonmahitthisud

In this study, poly(lactic acid) (PLA) was melt mixed with three weight percentages (10–30wt%) of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) in an internal mixer, followed by a compression molding. According to a better combination of mechanical properties, the 90/10 (w/w) PLA/EVA was selected for preparing hybrid nanocomposites with three loadings (1, 3 and 5 parts per hundred of resin , phr) of poly(methyl methacrylate)-encapsulated nanosilica (PMMA-nSiO2). The nanolatex of PMMA-nSiO2 was synthesized via in situ differential microemulsion polymerization. The obtained PMMA-nSiO2 showed a core-shell morphology with nSiO2 as a core and PMMA as a shell, having an average diameter of 43.4nm. The influences of the EVA and PMMA-nSiO2 on the impact strength and the tensile properties of the PLA/EVA nanocomposites were studied and compared. It is found that the impact strength and the tensile properties of the 90/10 (w/w) PLA/EVA were improved with the appropriate amounts of the EVA and PMMA-nSiO2.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Amira Sahirah Abdullah ◽  
Zurina Mohamad

Poly (lactic acid)/epoxidized natural rubber (PLA/ENR) was prepared by using counter-rotating twin-screw extruder. For dynamic vulcanization process, ENR was compounded with 3 phr of N, N’-m-phenylenebismaleimide (HVA-2) as a crosslinking agent. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of unvulcanized and dynamically vulcanized of ENR on the properties of PLA/ENR blend. The blending of PLA with ENR was prepared with the various composition of ENR (0 wt% to 30 wt%). The morphology and mechanical properties of the blends were investigated by using scanning electron microscope (SEM), tensile test, and impact test. The unvulcanized blend produced a co-continuous morphology of PLA and ENR and the dynamically vulcanized blend shows the dispersed ENR rubber particles in PLA continuous matrix.  For both systems, the tensile strength value was dropped with the increasing amount of ENR content. The impact strength of both systems shows the maximum value at 20 wt% of ENR content. However, dynamically vulcanized PLA/ENR blend shows a better tensile strength and impact strength value as compared with unvulcanized blend.


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