ABS WITH A LOW POLYAMIDE CONTENT IS MORE BRITTLE

Processing articles such as plastics parts for automobiles may give ri se to mixtures of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and small amou nts of polyamide (PA 6). These mixtures only allow optimum reprocessin g if the infuence of this PA contamination on the properties of the re cyclate is known. The investigations described in this contribution ai med at elucidating the correlations between the respective phase morph ology and the resulting mechanical properties, and they attempted to a nswer the question of how far a relatively low polyamide content may a ffect the properties of ABS.