ENCAPSULATION - A NEW CONCEPT TO CONTROL ALLOYS MORPHOLOGY

A new concept for tailoring polyamide or polyester/polyamide alloys co ntaining core shell particles has been developed. This alloy technolog y is based on the combination of one polyester and one polyamide (or t wo polyamides) of different melting points and a rubbery ethylene - ac rylic ester - glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer. Optimum properties are a function of compounding temperature profile. Resulting alloys offer a good balance of flexibility, toughness and dispersed phase morpholo gy stability.