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Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol.32, No.4, 615-624, 1994
Miscibility Behavior of di(Ethyl-2-Hexyl) Phthalate in Binary and Ternary Chlorinated Polymer Blends
The miscibility behavior of ternary blends made by the addition of di(ethyl-2 hexyl) phthalate (DOP) to a mixture of chlorinated polymers was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. Two chlorinated polymer mixtures were selected : polyvinyl chloride (PVC) with a chlorinated polyethylene containing 48 wt % Cl (CPE48), and PVC with a chlorinated PVC containing 67 wt % Cl (CPVC67). Each binary DOP/chlorinated polymer pair is miscible whereas PVC/CPE48 and PVC/CPVC67 blends are immiscible. DOP/CPE48/PVC and DOP/PVC/CPVC67 ternary blends containing, respectively, more than 55 and 20% DOP exhibit a single glass transition temperature (T(g)). The spinodal between the one-T(g) zone and the two-T(g) zone is symmetrical in the two cases. At high DOP concentrations, a quantitative analysis of the results leads to the conclusion of the presence of a true ternary phase. At low DOP concentrations where two T(g)s are observed, the DOP is distributed equally between the two chlorinated polymers forming, in the DOP/CPE48/PVC case for instance, two binary DOP/CPE48 and DOP/PVC phases. The broad immiscibility zone observed in the DOP/CPE48/PVC ternary blend as compared to the DOP/PVC/CPVC67 blend appears to be mainly caused by the high molecular weight of CPE48, as compared with PVC and CPVC67.