Ethyleneoctene copolymer (POE) toughened （Ethyleneoctene共聚物(坡)钢化）.pdfVIP

eXPRESS Polymer Letters Vol.3, No.5 (2009) 309–319 Available online at DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.39 Ethylene-octene copolymer (POE) toughened polyamide 6/polypropylene nanocomposites: Effect of POE maleation 1* 1 2 3 M. U. Wahit , A. Hassan , Z. A. Mohd Ishak , T. Czigány 1Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia 2School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia 3Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1111 Budapest, Mûegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary Received 23 January 2009; accepted in revised form 15 March 2009 Abstract. Ethylene-octene elastomer (POE) and ethylene-octene elastomer grafted maleic anhydride (POEgMAH) tough- ened nanocomposites of polyamide 6/polypropylene (PA6/PP) containing 4 wt% organophilic modified montmorillonite (MMT) were produced by melt compounding followed by injection moulding. The PA6/PP composition was kept constant (PA6/PP = 70/30 parts) while the elastomer (either POE or POEgMAH) content varied between 5 and 20 wt%. PP grafted maleic anhydride (PPgMAH) was used to compatibilize the blend system. The impact strength of the nanocomposite sys- tem was examined by the conventional Izod impact test at room temperature (RT). In addition, linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) approach was used to study the fracture response of the notched three point bending type specimens at room temperature (RT) and –40°C. Fracture surfaces of the broken specimens were examined using scanning electron microscopy. The results show that while POEgMAH can remarkably improve the compatibility between PA6 and the elas- tomer thus increasing the toughness, the unmodified POE has less significant contribution to PA