INFLUENCE OF PARTICLE DISPERSION ON THE MATRIX LIGAMENT THICKNESS OF POLYMER BLENDS - 1 - THE CONFIGURATION OF WELL-DISPERSED PARTICLES VERSUS SIMPLE CUBIC LATTICE
Zh. Liu et al., INFLUENCE OF PARTICLE DISPERSION ON THE MATRIX LIGAMENT THICKNESS OF POLYMER BLENDS - 1 - THE CONFIGURATION OF WELL-DISPERSED PARTICLES VERSUS SIMPLE CUBIC LATTICE, Polymer, 39(18), 1998, pp. 4433-4436
The relations among the morphological parameters of binary polymer ble
nds with the morphology of well-dispersed particles are quantitatively
studied to correct the error from the simple cubic (sc) lattice assum
ption made in previous works. A new morphological parameter, the parti
cle spatial distribution parameter xi, is defined. A new equation for
correlating the spatial distribution with other morphological paramete
rs is derived. The relationships among them are discussed. The values
of the spatial distribution parameter for poly(vinyl chloride)/nitrile
rubber, polypropylene (PP)/EPDM and PP/EVA blends appear to be a cons
tant. The errors stemming from the sc lattice assumption for these ble
nds are analysed. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All righ
ts reserved.