Influence of processing on ethylene propylene block copolymers (II):: Fracture behavior

被引:12
作者
Gamez-Perez, J. [1 ]
Munoz, P. [1 ]
Santana, O. O. [1 ]
Gordillo, A. [1 ]
Maspoch, M. L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Politecn Catalunya, Ctr Catala Plast, Terrassa 08222, Spain
关键词
polypropylene block copolymers; essential work of fracture; structure-properties relations; skin-core morphology; injection molding;
D O I
10.1002/app.23024
中图分类号
O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The present work investigates the relationships between the microstructural state and fracture properties in commercial polypropylene-based materials. In this case an isopolypropylene homopolymer and three ethylene propylene block copolymers (EPBC) with different ethylene content (EC) have been studied. A variety of morphologies were obtained by a combination of several processing methods (injection molding, injection molding-annealing, and compression molding) and thickness. Fracture behavior of deeply double-edged notched specimens was evaluated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and by the essential work of fracture (EWF) method, analyzing the influence of processing, thickness (t), EC, and orientation respect to melt flow direction (MD and TD). The testing direction and EC are the most relevant variables that affect the ability of the crack tip to deform plastically during the crack propagation, determining the final fracture behavior. The fracture parameters obtained with the EWF method, specific EWF, w(e), and plastic item, beta w(p) have proved to be very sensitive to the processing induced morphology, finding interesting relationships between such morphologies (characterized by crystallinity index, orientation level, and skin/core ratio) and the fracture parameters of the plaques. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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页码:2714 / 2724
页数:11
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