Issue 72, 2020

Super-tough PVC/CPE composites: an efficient CPE network by an MGA copolymer prepared through a vibro-milling process

Abstract

Vibro-milling, a solid-phase mechanochemistry method, was used to prepare an amphiphilic composite particle, which is referred to as MGA. The Molau test, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results indicated that the core–shell structure of the acrylic impact modifier, acrylate core–shell rubber (ACR), was destroyed after vibro-milling. The ACR core was exposed and reacted with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) chains. Using 1.75 parts per hundred rubber (phr) MGA instead of 1.25 phr MC and 0.5 phr ACR, a significant enhancement effect was achieved. The notched impact strength of the PVC composites increased from 4.24 kJ m−2 for neat PVC and 23.79 kJ m−2 for C7A0.5MC1.25 to 65.5 kJ m−2 for C7M1.75. Additionally, the tensile strength and elongation at break of the PVC composites were enhanced. Studies using a variety of characterization techniques show that the addition of MGA can promote the formation of an intermingled and riveted structure, and thus increase interfacial interactions and the effects of stress transfer, releasing the planar strain. The introduction of MGA can also induce the chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) phase to form a network structure at a lower CPE content, which contributes to networking and crazing and is the main toughening mechanism.

Graphical abstract: Super-tough PVC/CPE composites: an efficient CPE network by an MGA copolymer prepared through a vibro-milling process

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Oct 2020
Accepted
23 Nov 2020
First published
17 Dec 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 44584-44592

Super-tough PVC/CPE composites: an efficient CPE network by an MGA copolymer prepared through a vibro-milling process

T. Wang, X. Li, Y. Xiong and S. Guo, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 44584 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA08980J

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