Critical Role of Ethylene-Propylene Block Copolymer in Impact Polypropylene Copolymer

Yu-Hui Tang; Na Zhang; Wei Bao; Wei Jiang; Yuan Lin; Zhao-Hui Su

doi:10.1007/s10118-023-3058-4

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Critical Role of Ethylene-Propylene Block Copolymer in Impact Polypropylene Copolymer

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2024-02-20

- Critical Role of Ethylene-Propylene Block Copolymer in Impact Polypropylene Copolymer
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- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 42, Issue 3, Pages: 344-351(2024)
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  a.State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
  b.School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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  zhsu@ciac.ac.cn
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Tang, Y. H.; Zhang, N.; Bao, W.; Jiang, W.; Lin, Y.; Su, Z. H. Critical role of ethylene-propylene block copolymer in impact polypropylene copolymer. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 344–351

Yu-Hui Tang, Na Zhang, Wei Bao, et al. Critical Role of Ethylene-Propylene Block Copolymer in Impact Polypropylene Copolymer. [J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 42(3):344-351(2024)
Tang, Y. H.; Zhang, N.; Bao, W.; Jiang, W.; Lin, Y.; Su, Z. H. Critical role of ethylene-propylene block copolymer in impact polypropylene copolymer. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 344–351 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-023-3058-4.

Yu-Hui Tang, Na Zhang, Wei Bao, et al. Critical Role of Ethylene-Propylene Block Copolymer in Impact Polypropylene Copolymer. [J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 42(3):344-351(2024) DOI： 10.1007/s10118-023-3058-4.

摘要

EbP with long PP blocks forms an outer shell for the rubber particles,which reduces the interfacial tension between the rubber and the PP matrix, resulting to smaller particle sizes and more effective toughening.

Abstract

Ethylene-propylene block copolymer (EbP) is a vital component in impact polypropylene copolymer (IPC), yet its distribution in the multiphase composite material and how it influences the phase structure and the mechanical properties are not well understood. In this work, four IPCs were investigated by atomic force microscopy-infrared (AFM-IR) to assess the phase compositions ,in situ, based on which in conjunction with the chain microstructure information obtained ,ex situ, the distributions of the copolymer components were derived for each alloy. For the IPCs whose EbP comprises long P and long E segments, the EbP fraction was found to phase separate from the rubber and the PP matrix to form the cores of the disperse particles with the E-P segmented copolymer (EsP). In contrast, in the IPC with EbP composed of long P and short E segments, the EbP fraction formed an outer shell for the rubber particles with the cores comprising the EsP alone, and this IPC, containing a lower E comonomer content than its counterpart, exhibited both better impact resistance and higher flexural modulus. These results clarify how the chain structure of EbP governs the phase morphology in IPC, which in turn impacts the properties of the composite material.

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Impact polypropylene copolymersAFM-IREthylene-propylene block copolymersCore-shell rubber particles

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