화학공학소재연구정보센터
Polymer Bulletin, Vol.32, No.4, 471-477, 1994
Homogeneous Nucleation of the Dispersed Crystallisable Component of Immiscible Polymer Blends
Immiscible melt mixed blends of a crystallisable Polyolefin (isotactic polypropylene, PP) and atactic polystyrene (PS) were prepared in a wide composition range. It was found that when PP is the major component in the blend its crystallisation behaviour is not affected by blending it with PS. However if PP is the minor component, it will be dispersed in the immiscible PS matrix, hence the nucleation mechanism changes from predominantly heterogeneous to predominantly homogeneous as long as the size of the dispersed PP droplets is below a critical value (of the order of 1-2 mum).