Chemical resistance evaluation of polystyrene / polypropylene blends : effect of blend compositions and SEBS comtent

• Main Authors: Samsudin, Sani Amril, Hassan, Azman, Mokhtar, Munirah, Syed Jamaluddin, Syed Mustafa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Plastics and Rubber Institute of Malaysia 2006
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8105/1/AzmanHassan2006_ChemicalResistanceEvaluation.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8105/; http://www.fkkksa.utm.my/mpj/images/02sani.pdf

The present study investigates the effect of styrene-b-(ethylene-co-butylenes)- b-styrene (SEBS) and blend ratio on the chemical resistance of PS/PP blends. Using a Brabender PL2000 twin-screw extruder, blends of PS rich PS/PP (composition ranging of 90–60 wt % PS) containing different amount o...