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The Effect of Compatibilizer on the Rheological Properties of Polypropylene/Glass-fiber Composites

폴리프로필렌/유리섬유 복합재료의 유변물성에 미치는 상용화제의 영향

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Abstract

In this study, we prepared glass fiber reinforced polypropylene composites using Brabender twin-screw extruder. Compatibilizer, polypropylene-based maleic anhydride (PP-g-MAH), was used to increase the molecular interaction between polypropylene matrix and glass fiber and to enhance melt processability. We also measured the shear and uniaxial elongational behaviors of glass-fiber reinforced composites in the absence or presence of compatibilizer. The effects of compatibilizer and fiber loading on the viscoelastic behaviors were examined. It was fuund that the PP-g-MAH compatibilizer improved the fluidity and increased the molecular bonding of composite melts in shear flow. Transient elongational viscosity was increased with fiber loadings in uniaxial elongational flow However, it was decreased with increasing elongational rates because of microscale shear flow between fibers.

유리섬유로 강화된 폴리프로필렌 복합재료를 이축압출장치를 이용하여 제조하였으며 폴리프로필렌 수지와 유리섬유간의 결합성을 증대시키고 가공성을 향상시킬 목적으로 말레익 안하이드라이드(maleic anhydride) 결합기를 가지는 상용화제를 첨가하였다. 제조된 폴리프로필렌/유리섬유 복합재료에 대한 전단유동과 신장유동의 특성을 조사하였으며, 특히 상용화제 첨가와 유리섬유의 함량에 대한 영향을 주로 평가하였다. 전단유동에서 상용화제는 폴리프로필렌과 유리섬유간의 결합력을 증대시키고, 흐름성을 개선시키는 역할을 하였으며, 신장유동에서는 유리섬유의 함량이 증가됨에 따라서 신장점도를 더욱 증가시켜주는 역할을 하였다. 그러나 신장속도가 증가함에 따라서 유리섬유 사이에서 형성되는 미세한 전단유동의 영향으로 오히려 신장점도는 감소하였다.

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