MISCIBILITY OF POLYARYLATE PHENOXY POLY(BUTYLENETEREPHTHALATE) TERNARY BLENDS

The phase and miscibility behavior of binary and ternary blends containing polyarylate (PAR), polyhydroxyether of bisphenol A** (Phenoxy), and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) were studied. The blends were prepared by solution-precipitation method and miscibility was examined by DSC and melt transparency. In binary blends, PAR/PBT and Phenoxy/PBT blends show miscibility, while PAR/Phenoxy appeared to be immiscible. However, the miscibility of incompatible PAR/Phenoxy blend was enhanced by addition of PBT. The addition of sufficient amount of PBT caused the ternary blend to have a single glass transition temperature. The shape of miscibility boundary of ternary blend was skewed to the apex of Phenoxy, which was attributed to the better miscibility of PAR/PBT than that of Phenoxy/PBT.