Abstract:
The
differences and the characteristics of the dynamic mechanical resonances between dynamic
vulcanized and unvulcanized PP/EPDM blends with deffrent content of EPDM were studied by
means of the dynamic mechanical analysis. The results showed that, compared with the
unvulcanized PP/EPDM blend, the dynamic vulcanized PP/EPDM has the characteristics of
smaller Tg larger mechanical loss peak width, higher mechanical loss strength and lower
mechanical loss peak temprature at the room and low temprature, a change in the peak value of
the mechanical loss at 6070 and some appearances of and secondary transition under the
transition (Tg) of EPDM etc. The main reason why the toughning effect of the dynamic
vulcanized PP/EPDM blend was better than the unvalcanized PP/EPDM blend is that, the
dynamic vulcanized PP/EPDM can increase the compatibility between the two phases PP and
EPDM, increase the mobility of the molecular segments and form the new chemical structures
which can have the mobility at the low t emprature etc. From the results it can be also predicted
that the dynamical vulcanized PP/EPDM blends may have the advantages of the high cold
properties and high holding ratio of the modulus at the high temprature.