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JJC Jordan Journal of Chemistry Vol. 1 No.2, 2006, pp. 155-170 Miscibility, Crystallinity and Morphology of Polymer Blends of Polyamide-6/ Poly (β-hydroxybutyrate) a b c Aiman Eid Al-Rawajfeh *, Hasan A. Al-Salah , Ismael Al-Rhael a Tafila Technical Univesity, Department of Chemical Engineering,P.O. Box 179, Tafila 66110, JORDAN, b Mu’tah University, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 7, Al-Karak, JORDAN c Mu’tah University, Department of Physics., P.O. Box 7, Al-Karak, JORDAN Received on Feb. 26, 2006 Accepted on Nov. 30, 2006 Abstract Polyamide-6 (PA6) with bacterial poly ( β-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) are typical polyamide and polyester, respectively. PA6 is known to be high-strength engineering thermoplastic. Although it is ductile at room temperature, it becomes brittle under severe conditions such as high strain rates and/or low temperatures. This is due to the low crack propagation resistance of polyamides. PHB is a biodegradable and biocompatible thermoplastic polymer of high melting o temperature (180 C ) and crystallinity. PHB has attracted much attention as an environmentally degradable resin to be used for agricultural, marine and medical applications. One of the limitations of PHB for these applications is its brittleness and narrow processing window. Blending of friendly environmental biopolymers with synthetic polymers has proven to be a suitable tool to produce novel materials with combined characteristics in having both improved application properties and low cost advantages in material performance. In