Super TPVs

As the name implies, these classes of TPVs are used for special purpose applications, such as high temperature utilization, oil resistant condition, fatigue resistance etc. Only limited research has been pursued so far in the field of super TPVs, and... 

Polyamides such as PA6 are engineering thermoplastics with high heat and solvent resistance properties and hence make ideal thermoplastic matrix candidates of choice to make high-performance TPVs with dynamically vulcanized mbber blends. Although nylon blends with low rubber content have been known for a long time as impact-modified nylons, as discussed under Sect. 19.7.1, elastomeric TPV blends of polyamide with high rubber content (>60 %) have not been commercially available until recently. Because of their higher thermal and chemical resistance performance, the polyamide-based TPVs have often been called super-TPVs (Leaversuch 2004). 

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