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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE VOL.17,PP. 3175-3185 (1973) Polymer Compatibility BERNARD SCHNEIER, Centrefor Industrial Research, Limited, Haifa, Israel synopsis Bohnl has compiled a list of polymer pairs on which compatibility studies have been reported. The list contains 13 polymer pairs for which, according to Bohn, compati- bility as solids may be considered to be definitely established, at least within some re- gions of proportions. The approach used here is based on calculat.ions which provide a value whose magnitude apparently differentiates between mixtures in Bohn’s list which are either compatible assolids or incompatible. Data calculatedon mixtures of styrene- acrylonitrile copolymers not included in Bohn’s lit systematize according to the same classification. INTRODUCTION Bohn’ has compiled a list of polymer pairs on which compatibility studies have been reported. The list, which has been referred to by others2-‘ when discussing polymer compatibility, contains 13 pairs for which, ac- cording to Bohn, compatibility 88solids may be considered to be definitely established in at least some regions of proportions. Brodsky2 has sug- gested a “degree of compatibility” concept using as a basis the magnitude as well asthe sign of the free energy of mixing. He suggests that the degree of compatibility would decrease with increasing free energy of mixing. It can be noted that, if the system consists of two dissimilar polymers in the absence of a solvent, an approximation of the free energy of mixing may be obtained from calculation of the heat of m i ~ i n g . ~The. ~ approach used here is based on calculations which provide a value whose magnitude apparently differe