Linear viscoelastic behavior of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) polymers in the melt: Interpretation of data with a linear viscoelastic model of matrix/core-shell modifier polymer blends

Joong-Hwan Choi; Jong-Hoon Ryu; Sang Yong Kim

Korea-Australia Rheology Journal, Vol.12, No.2, 135-141, June, 2000

Joong-Hwan Choi, Jong-Hoon Ryu^{1, †}, and Sang Yong Kim

Department of Fiber and Polymer Science, Seoul National University, San 56-1,Shinlim-dong, Kwanak-ku, Seoul 151-742, Korea
¹Division of Chemical Engineering, The University of Suwon, Suwon P. O. Box 77, Suwon 440-600, Korea

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The linear viscoelastic behavior of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) polymers with different rubber content has been investigated in the frame of a linear viscoelastic model, which takes into account the inter-connectivity of the dispersed rubber particles. The model developed in our previous work has been shown to properly predict the low frequency plateau for the storage modulus, which is generally observed in polymer blends containing core-shell-type impact modifiers. In the present study, further experiments have been carried out on ABS polymers with different rubber content to verify the validity of our linear viscoelastic model. It has been found that our model describes quite properly the rheological behavior of ABS polymers with different rubber content, especially at low frequencies. The experimental data confirm that our model describes the rheological properties of rubber-modified thermoplastic polymers with strong adhesion at the particle/matrix interface more accurately than the Palierne model.

Keywords:acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene;constitutive equation;viscoelasticity;shear flow;impact modifier

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