%0 Journal Article
%T Enhanced properties of the poly(propylene carbonate)/poly(butylene succinate) composites with chain extender
%A Anrong Huang
%A Jing Sun
%A Liangqiang Wei
%A Min Shi
%A Shanshan Luo
%J Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials
%@ 1530-7980
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0892705718785704
%X Poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) blended with poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) with chain extender (CE) was prepared by melt mixing. Mechanical properties of PPC/PBS composites showed that the addition of CE can increase its tensile strength and unnotched impact strength, and the PPC/PBS composites had higher tensile strength when CE (0.4 wt%) was added into PPC/PBS composites. Thermogravimetric measurements revealed that adding CE to PPC/PBS (70/30 wt%) can improve the thermal decomposition temperatures (T £¿5% and T £¿10%). Dynamic mechanical analysis revealed that the incorporation of CE increased the storage modulus of the PPC/PBS (70/30 wt%) composites
%K Poly(propylene carbonate)
%K poly(butylene succinate)
%K chain extender
%K biodegradable polymers
%K dynamic mechanical analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0892705718785704