Polymer-alloy technology

Figure 8 shows some examples of the improvement in processability using polymer alloy technology. Bionolle 3001 is mainly used for compostable bags and is featured by its softness and rapid biodegradability. However, the processability is... 

We believe that the features of Bionolle are good processability, physical and mechanical properties, and biodegradability. Furthermore, we can control them by monomer selection, polymer alloy technology, and formulation technology of fillers and additives. 

Systemer was developed to overcome several of these shortcomings and to further expand the polyamide market. The key to improving the properties was the polymer alloying technology. Polypropylene (PP) was selected as the partner of polyamides for the following reasons ... 

Polymer-alloy technology is important, and has the potential bringing polymer materials in automobiles applications, together with fiber reinforcement technolgy. The technolgy is to blend or mix several kinds of polymers while controlling micro-structure. This provides polymer blends or mixtures with the desired properties. 

S. Y. Kienzle, Advances in Polymer Blends and Alloys Technology (Kohudic, ed.), Technomic Publishing Co. 

The advances in polymer blending and alloying technology have occurred through three routes (1) similar-rheology polymer pairs, (2) miscible polymers such as polyphenylene oxide and polystyrene, or (3) interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs). All these systems were limited to specific polymer combinations that have an inherent physical affinity for each other. However with... 

Chattopadhyay S., Chaki T.K., and Bhowmick A.K., New thermoplastic elastomers from poly(ethyle-neoctene) (engage), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) and low-density polyethylene by electron beam technology structural characterization and mechanical properties. Rubber Chem. TechnoL, 74, 815, 2001. Roy Choudhury N. and Dutta N.K., Thermoplastic elastomeric natural rubber-polypropylene blends with reference to interaction between the components. Advances in Polymer Blends and Alloys Technology, Vol. 5 (K. Finlayson, ed.), Technomic Publishers, Pensylvania, 1994, 161. 

Pater RH, Hsiung HJ, Hansen MG (1992) In Finlayson K (ed) Advances in polymer blends and alloys technology 3, p 59... 

In this introductory chapter the basic information on polymer blends (with a special emphasis on the commercial alloys) is presented in the sequence (i) a historical perspective on the polymer science and technology, (ii) polymeric structures and nomenclature, (iii) fundamental concepts in polymer blend science, and (iv) evolution of polymer blends technology. 

The terms polymer blends and polymer alloys are defined in Chapters 1 and 2 of this Handbook. In the trade literature, they have been used interchangeably. In the context of current discussion, we will treat all of them simply as polymer blends, except specifying, where possible, the origin of the technological compatibility between the components in each type of blend. Table 15.1 fists the commercially available polymer blends according to their primary structural categories (Figure 15.1). 

This chapter builds on the information contained on the same subject in Chap. 13 of the first edition of the Polymer Blends Handbook by providing an overview of current applications of polymer blends and alloys with an outlook towards developing areas. A dual approach employed herein to portray the field covers both a description of polymer blend technologies directed toward solving application issues related to societal megatrends, as well as the generic performance/ testing specifications required for products in broad areas of conunerce amenable to polymer blend applications. 

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