Polymer Blends

Author: L.A. Utracki
Published: 2000
Number of Pages: 170 (This is a soft-backed is from the Rapra Review Reports, Vol. 11, No. 3, Report 123.)

This report begins by summarising the basis of polymer blending. This includes an outline of the techniques being used to characterise blends including spectroscopic techniques and rheometry. The types of polymer blends which have been studied are outlined. Methods of compatibilisation are discussed. The morphology of the phases in a blend is critical to property development - the types of morphology observed are described. Flow-induced morphology is described. Processing of blends and the effects on morphology are discussed including extrusion, thermoforming, blow moulding, injection moulding and foaming. The accompanying abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database provide useful further information and indicate sources of additional material.

Author / Editor Details: Professor Utracki is a world-renowned expert on the topic of polymer blends and has published hundreds of papers in this field. He is currently teaching and carrying out research at the Industrial Materials Institute of the National Research Council of Canada.

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