Notched Izod impact

Non-self-extinguishing grades with a heat distortion temperature in the range 110-160°C and with a notched Izod impact strength of 200-500 J/m. 

Notched Izod impact strength (3.2 mm bar) Impact strength in tension... 

Elliot [38] has reported that interfacial adhesion in the NR-PP blend can be enhanced by the addition of small amounts of HOPE. Addition of HDPE does give some improvement in the notched Izod impact strength of NR-PP blend (Fig. 7). The effect of HDPE on the impact modification of NR-PP is associated with the improved crystallinity of PP, enhanced by HDPE. During the mill mixing of NR and PP, chain scission may occur to give polymeric radicals that, on reaction with... 

Rubber particle size (/i.m) Large particles in blends (%) Rubber phase volume fraction Notched Izod impact strength ft. Ibs/in. Gloss... 

Figure 2 Notched Izod impact strength of ternary PA-PP-SEBS-g-MAH blends with 0 wt%, 5 wt%, and 10 wt% SEBS-g-MAH. Source Ref. 44.

The Izod impact test may indicate the need to avoid inside sharp corners on parts made of such materials. For example, nylon and acetal-type plastics, which in molded products are among the toughest materials, are notch-sensitive and register relatively low values on the notched Izod impact test. 

Nylon/elastomer Notched Izod impact resistance... 

Nylon-6-clay nanocomposites were also prepared by melt intercalation process [49]. Mechanical and thermal testing revealed that the properties of Nylon-6-clay nanocomposites are superior to Nylon. The tensile strength, flexural strength, and notched Izod impact strength are similar for both melt intercalation and in sim polymerization methods. However, the heat distortion temperature is low (112°C) for melt intercalated Nylon-6-nanocomposite, compared to 152°C for nanocomposite prepared via in situ polymerization [33]. 

Polymer Melting temperature (°C) Young s modulus (GPa) Tensile strength (MPa) Elongation to break (%) Notched izod impact strength (J/m)... 

The strong sub-rg relaxation in PCT also contributes to increased toughness of this polymer in the amorphous state. When measured on amorphous specimens, the notched Izod impact strength of PCT is greater than 1000 J/m, while that of PET is less than 100 J/m [22],... 

The heat distortion temperature (HDT) is greatly improved by the glass from 59 to 216 °C, while the notched Izod impact is similar to PET and slightly better than PBT. 

When 10 % PTT is blended with PET, it suppressed the PET Tg such that it can be dyed at atmospheric boil without using a carrier [109], A similar phenomenon was also found be Oppermann et al. [110]. Kelsey etal. [Ill] found that the addition of 9 % PTT to poly(cyclobutane terephthalate) (PCBDOT) improves its impact strength without too much sacrifice to the Tg. The 9/93 PTT/PCBDOT blend has a Tg of 100 °C and a notched Izod impact of 75 J/m. 

Figure 14.9 Effect of various impact modifiers (25wt%) on the notched Izod impact strength of recycled PET (as moulded and annealed at 150°C for 16 h) E-GMA, glycidyl-methacrylate-functionalized ethylene copolymer E-EA-GMA, ethylene-ethyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate (72/20/8) terpolymer E-EA, ethylene-ethyl acrylate EPR, ethylene propylene rubber MA-GPR, maleic anhydride grafted ethylene propylene rubber MBS, poly(methyl methacrylate)-g-poly(butadiene/styrene) BuA-C/S, poly(butyl acrylate-g-poly(methyl methacrylate) core/shell rubber. Data taken from Akkapeddi etal. [26]...

Figure 14.11 Variation of the notched Izod impact strength of PET containing 20 % of an elastomeric toughening system as a function of the ratio of reactive to non-reactive modifier. It can be seen that the 30 70 reactive non-reactive mixture provides the optimum balance. The reactive modifier acts more as a compatibilizer in this system. Note units for impact strength (kJ m 2) can be converted to J nr1 by multiplying by 10...

Figure 14.12 Notched Izod impact strength data (on crystallized PET) for samples of toughened polymer as a function of the ratio of interparticle distance O, amorphous x, crystalline [28]. Reprinted with permission from Pecorini, T. J. and Calvert, D., in Toughening of Plastics - Advances in Modelling and Experiments, Pearson, R. A., Sue, H.-J. and Yee, A. F. (Eds), ACS Symposium Series, 759, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2000, Ch. 9, pp. 141-158. Copyright (2000) American Chemical Society...

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