PHASE BEHAVIORS IN BLENDS OF POLY(VINYL METHYL-ETHER) AND POLY(STYRENE-CO-BUTADIENE)

Authors
AHN JH KANG CK ZIN WC
Citation
Jh. Ahn et al., PHASE BEHAVIORS IN BLENDS OF POLY(VINYL METHYL-ETHER) AND POLY(STYRENE-CO-BUTADIENE), European Polymer Journal, 33(7), 1997, pp. 1113-1116
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
European Polymer Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00143057
Volume
33
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1113 - 1116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-3057(1997)33:7<1113:PBIBOP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The dependence of miscibility on temperature for blends of poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME) and styrene-butadiene random copolymer (SBR) was studied. The binary interaction energy densities of the blends could b e evaluated from the observed cloud point curves. With a simple approa ch based on the mean-field theory for blends of a homopolymer with a r andom copolymer, the miscibility boundary could be determined as a fun ction of composition of the copolymer. The predicted miscibility regio n for the given polymer pairs was compatible with the experimental res ults. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.