Elastomers and Composites
- Volume 36 Issue 1
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- Pages.14-21
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- 2001
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- 2092-9676(pISSN)
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- 2288-7725(eISSN)
Preparation and Properties of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate/Ethylene-1-Butene Copolymer Blend Based Foam
Ethylene Vinyl Acetate / Ethylene-1-Butene Copolymer 블렌드 발포체의 제조와 특성
- Cha, Gil-Soo (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
- Kim, Jin-Tae (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
- Yoon, Jung-Sik (Korea Institute of Footware and Leather Technology) ;
- Kim, Won-Ho (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University)
- Published : 2001.03.31
Abstract
To increase the properties of EVA foam such as tensile strength, rebound resilience, and compression set, ethylene-1-butene copolymer (EtBC) was blended with EVA. After that crosslink characteristics of the blends and cell structures and mechanical properties of the foam were studied. As the amount of EtBC increased in EVA/EtBC blends, torque values of oscillating disc rheometer(ODR) increased and the foaming ratio decreased because the viscosity and crosslink density of EVA/EtBC blends increased. Foaming ratio and cell size of the foam increased by increasing the amount of foaming agent. When compared the mechanical properties of the foam which have same densities, tensile strength, rebound resilience, and compression set properties of the foam were improved by increasing the amount of EtBC in the EVA/EtBC blends.
신발 중창용 소재인 ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) 발포체의 인장강도, 반발탄성, 영구압축줄음율 (compression set) 등의 물성을 향상시킬 목적으로 ethylene-1-butene copolymer (EtBC)를 EVA에 블렌드하여 가교특성을 조사하였으며, 발포체를 제조한 후 셀의 구조적 특성 및 발포체의 기계적 물성을 조사하였다. EVA/EtBC 블렌드에서, EtBC의 함량이 증가할수록 블렌드의 점도 및 가교 밀도는 증가하여 oscillating disk rheometer (ODR)에서 높은 torque 값을 나타내었으며 발포배율은 감소하였다. 발포제 함량의 증가에 따라서 발포배율 및 셀의 크기는 증가하였다. 발포체를 동일 비중에서 비교하였을 경우, EtBC 함량이 증가할수록 EVA/EtBC 발포체의 인장강도, 영구압축줄음율, 반발탄성 등 기계적 물성이 우수해졌다.