This article reports on a new phenomenon: The presence of a compatibilizer accelerates the melting/plastification of an immiscible polymer blend during melt blending. The increase in the rate of melting as a result of the addition of a compatibilizer is believed to be one of the important factors re
The early stage of the morphology development of immiscible polymer blends during melt blending: Compatibilized vs. uncompatibilized blends
β Scribed by Huxi Li; Guo-Hua Hu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-6266
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