Yj. Sun et al., EVALUATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF VECTOR FLUIDS AND PEROXIDES IN A PROCESS OF IN-SITU COMPATIBILIZATION OF POLYETHYLENE AND POLYSTYRENE, Canadian journal of chemical engineering, 75(6), 1997, pp. 1153-1158
An organic functional silane was found to be the most efficient among
several vector fluids in reactive blend compatibilization of the polye
thylene (PE)I polystyrene (PS)/peroxide/vector fluid system. This pape
r involves further analysis of this reactive blending system. Surface
tension data was used to calculate spreading coefficients which were c
ompared to the amount of PE-PS copolymer formed during blending. A goo
d correlation between a computed spreading coefficient and the degree
of grafting of PS onto PE was found. The results suggest that the patt
ern of distribution of the vector fluid in PE/PS blends is the key fac
tor leading to effective results. Furthermore, different peroxides wer
e evaluated in PE/PS blends, in order to determine the dependence of P
E/PS interfacial grafting reaction on the structure of the peroxide.