Abstract
AbstractIn polymeric materials combining desirable properties, compatibility between constituent components of incompatible blends is necessary. The influence of two types of blend compatibilizers, a graft copolymer of maleic anhydride and polypropylene (PP) and phenolic‐modified PP, on the rheological, mechanical, and morphological properties of epoxidized natural rubber/PP thermoplastic vulcanizates was investigated at varied concentrations. All properties improved in a range of loading levels of compatibilizers at 0–7.5 wt % of PP. This was attributed to a chemical interaction between the different phases caused by the functionalized compatibilizers. Increasing chemical interaction between interfaces improved the interfacial tension and led to a microscale size of the dispersion. A decreasing trend in the properties was observed at compatibilizer levels higher than 7.5 wt % of PP because of segregation, which led to a third blend component dispersed in the PP matrix. The compatibilizers behaved as lubricants in the polymer melt flow. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008
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