Blends mixed latex

Figure 8.21. Study of phase continuity with the aid of mechanical models. Storage moduli at 25°C for PEAB/PMMA IPN s. (O) Normal IPN ( ) inverse IPN (X) blend (O) mixed latex ( ) CHCI3 ( ) graft. (Huelck et al, 1972.)...

This material may also be profitably compared with the mixed latex material of Frisch et In the latter case, the two latexes were blended... 

Because nitrile rubber is an unsaturated copolymer it is sensitive to oxidative attack and addition of an antioxidant is necessary. The most common practice is to add an emulsion or dispersion of antioxidant or stabilizer to the latex before coagulation. This is sometimes done batchwise to the latex in the blend tank, and sometimes is added continuously to the latex as it is pumped toward further processing. PhenoHc, amine, and organic phosphite materials are used. Examples are di-Z fZ-butylcatechol, octylated diphenylamine, and tris(nonylphenyl) phosphite [26523-78-4]. All are meant to protect the product from oxidation during drying at elevated temperature and during storage until final use. Most mbber processors add additional antioxidant to their compounds when the NBR is mixed with fillers and curatives in order to extend the life of the final mbber part. 

Blends with PVC. Nitrile mbber may be blended with poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) by the polymer producer by two different techniques (1) blending of NBR latex with PVC latex followed by co-coagulation and drying, or (2) physically mixing the soHd NBR and PVC powder in mixing equipment such as an internal mixer. NBR—PVC polymer blends are well known for the good ozone resistance that is imparted by the PVC. 

Compounding and palletizing of the latex blended material is sometimes done by melt mixing. In such cases precautions must be taken to avoid thermal and shear degradation of the blended polymer. 

Since feed streams are not added after the start of a batch reaction one need only be concerned with proper initial addition and blending procedures. Streams flowing into a CSTR, however, are being introduced into a polymer latex. If added improperly, these streams can fail to be mixed completely and they can cause flocculation. Streams should be introduced where they are mixed rapidly and the ionic concentration should be as low as possible. Introduction of such streams as initiator solutions at high concentrations or in the wrong location can cause local flocculation and/or non-uniform reaction. 

Processing aid-80, a masterbatch in the form of pressed crumb consisting of an 80 20 blend of crosslinked to ordinary natural rubber. The correct proportions of vulcanised latex and field latex are blended, coagulated and the resulting crumb pressed into 100 lb bales. The use of PA 80 confers Superior Processing properties on any natural or styrene-butadiene rubber with which it may be mixed. See Superior Processing Rubber. 

Other latexes which have been produced by this method include poly(butyl methacrylate), poly(butyl acrylate) and poly(styrene/DVB) [161]. Additionally, polymer blends were produced by mixing, under high shear, HIPEs of partially polymerised monomer, followed by completion of polymerisation. The conversion prior to blending had to be less than 5%, to allow efficient mixing of the highly viscous emulsions. The materials thus produced resembled agglomerates of latex particles, due to copolymerisation at the points of contact of partially polymerised droplets. 

Morphology evolution is thus found to be dependent on the processing technique applied to disperse the nanoparticles. The latex-blended and prevulcanized nanocomposites show predominant exfoliation with some intercalation, especially in uncured and prevulcanized samples. In conventionally cured but latex-blended nanocomposites, realignment of NA particles is visible, with a greater tendency of NA platelets towards agglomeration. In solid state mixing, the dispersion is still poorer. XRD studies also corroborate the above observations. 

Various vinyl latexes, previously polymerized, were mixed with natural rubber latex, both still in aqueous dispersion, and then coagulated. Thus, core-shell latex and latex blend materials were known very early. 

The incorporation of a latex (an aqueous emulsion of a polymer) into a cement mix makes it possible to achieve both an intimate blend of the... 

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