화학공학소재연구정보센터
Macromolecules, Vol.27, No.5, 1221-1227, 1994
Cocrystallization and Phase Segregation of Polyethylene Blends Between the D and H Species .3. Blend Content Dependence of the Crystallization Behavior
Cocrystallization and phase segregation phenomena of polyethylene (PE) blends between the deuterated and hydrogenous species with various degrees of branching were investigated as a function of the D/H blend content on the basis of the measurements of DSC and temperature dependence of FTIR spectra. For the blend samples between the deuterated high-density PE (DHDPE) and the hydrogenous linear low-density PE [LLDPE(2), branching content ca. 17 ethyl groups/1000 carbons] the almost perfect cocrystallization phenomenon was found to occur for all the samples with different blend contents from 0 to 100% even when cooled slowly from the molten state to room temperature. The blends of DHDPE with LLDPE(3) (branching content ca. 41 ethyl groups/1000 carbons) or HDPE (ca. 1 branching/1000 carbons) were found to show basically the phase segregation phenomenon between the D and H species but partly the cocrystallization was also found to occur when the dilution of the D or H component was high. A concrete relationship between the degree of cocrystallization and the branching and D/H content was discussed on the basis of infrared band profile analysis.