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Three-Dimensional Structure of Olefinic Thermoplastic Elastomer Blends Using Electron Tomography

✍ Scribed by Pratip Sengupta; Jacques W. M. Noordermeer

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
211 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1336

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Abstract

Summary: The present communication reports the first use of electron tomography in reconstructing the three‐dimensional morphology in thermoplastic elastomer blends. The blends investigated were dynamically vulcanized blends of ethylene‐propylene‐diene (EPDM) rubber/poly(propylene)/oil and polystyrene‐block‐(ethylene‐co‐butylene)‐block‐polystyrene (SEBS)/poly(propylene)/oil. An easy identification of blend morphology could be carried out at blend compositions, where conventional transmission electron microscopic imaging gives misleading information. This technique gives a higher resolution than any other microscopic technique, and is applicable to blends with dispersed as well as co‐continuous morphologies.

Example of a tomographic model of partially co‐continuous SEBS phases in a SEBS/PP/oil thermoplastic blend. Only the contours of the SEBS phase are shown.

imageExample of a tomographic model of partially co‐continuous SEBS phases in a SEBS/PP/oil thermoplastic blend. Only the contours of the SEBS phase are shown.

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