Author:
Giancola Giorgiana,Lehman Richard
Abstract
ABSTRACTPowder polymer processing techniques were evaluated as a means to generate homogeneous immiscible polymer blends without the high residence times at elevated temperature and high shear rates required by extrusion. Using emulsion polymerized and cryogenically jet pulverized PMMA and HDPE powder precursors, blends were prepared with morphologies comparable to extruded blends. Advanced EDS imaging methods combined with SiO2 marker spheres enhanced electron imaging and analysis of all blend phases. These processing methods will be useful in producing polymer blends from fragile polymers, such as those used in biomedical applications, that cannot tolerate the temperature or shear rates of conventional melt processing.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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