Estudo da tenacificação do poliestireno com elastômeros butadiênicos

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Marcia Parente Melo da
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/15793
• topic: Polystyrene; Polybutadiene; Polymeric blends; Toughening; Compatibilizing agents.; Poliestireno; Polibutadieno; Misturas poliméricas; Tenacificação; Agente compatibilizante.; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::QUIMICA::QUIMICA ORGANICA::POLIMEROS E COLOIDES

This Dissertation describes a study about the toughening of polystyrene with different types of polybutadiene (high-cis, low-cis and styrene - butadiene diblock or triblock copolymers). These materials (High Impact of PolyStyrene HIPS) were performed by melt blending. The mechanical properties (hardness, tensile strength and impact strength); morphology and the rheological behavior of these blends were evaluated. A study about the interaction between the rigid phase of the polystyrene (PS) and the elastomeric phase of the low or high cis polybutadiene (PBl or PBh ) of the polymeric blends was carried out. It was also studied the interaction degree of the block copolymers (SB or SBS) when they were incorporated in the blend using a percentage of 2.5% (mass fraction), as compatibilizer agent. The morphological analyses of the materials were performed in a scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM). The mechanical properties were determined by penetration of an indenter (Shore-Durometer Hardness Type D), by tensile test using a universal testing machine and by impact test using a instrumental impact testing machine. The thermal properties were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetry (TG) and by dynamic-mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA). The low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was applied to determine the proton relaxation time in order to identify the heterogeneity (domain formation) of the material at the molecular level. The results showed that all polymer blends presented pseudoplastic behavior. The morphological analysis showed biphasic morphology with domains of polybutadiene dispersed heterogeneously on the PS matrix, with domains diameter around 1μm. The results obtained by the mechanical analysis showed an improvement on the blends processed with high cis polybutadiene and compatibilized with 2.5% of styrene-butadine diblock copolymer (SB). Thermogravimetry showed an improvement on the thermal stability of the blends. It was also observed by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis two distinct transitions. An increase on the Tg was observed when was used PBh, indicating interaction between the phases. The low field NMR results of the blends (PS/PB) presented a similar molecular organization and showed that the best compatibilizer agent was the diblock copolymer (SB).