Abstract
Annealed interfaces between high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), and polypropylene (PP) and some ethylene-co-vinyl acetate (EVA) and ethylene-co-acrylic acid (EAA) copolymers were examined using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and electron microprobe analysis. Transcrystalline zones were observed in a polarizing microscope on the copolymer side of the interfaces between EVA copolymers with ≤18 wt % VA or EAA copolymers with ≤6.5 wt % AA and HDPE or LDPE when the samples were heated above the melting points of both polymers and allowed to cool slowly to room temperature. The crystallization temperatures in the transcrystalline zones were all above those of the bulk copolymers and, in some cases, above the melting points of the bulk copolymers. Electron microprobe data on EVA−HDPE freeze-fractured interfaces showed a percentage of VA less than that in the bulk copolymer in the region corresponding to the transcrystalline zone on the copolymer side of the...
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