Abstract
The high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyamide 6 (PA6) blend melts with a droplet-matrix microstructure were investigated using ultrasonic diagnosis system. The blend composition, as well as the particle size of the dispersed PA6 phase controlled by adding various amounts of the reactive compatibilizer HDPE grafted with maleic anhydride (HDPE-g-MAH), was, respectively, correlated with the ultrasonic velocity and attenuation. The results showed that ultrasonic velocity was insensitive to the particle size but varied linearly with the blend composition. However, the decrease of ultrasonic attenuation with the increasing content of HDPE-g-MAH suggested that the attenuation depended greatly on the particle size. Further investigations revealed that there was a good linear relationship between the excess attenuation and the size of the dispersed phase. Our results present that ultrasonic technique may be served as a promising technique for exploring phase morphology of polymer blends during processing. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2012. © 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers
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