%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of SEBS
%A Agustin Etxeberria
%A Ismahane Debbah
%A Mercedes Fern芍ndez
%A Nora Aranburu
%A Rachida Krache
%J Journal of Elastomers & Plastics
%@ 1530-8006
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0095244317753652
%X In this research, the effect of maleic anhydride每grafted styrene每ethylene/butylene每styrene (SEBS-g-MAH) compatibilizer on different properties of polycarbonate and poly(acrylonitrile每butadiene每styrene) (PC/ABS) blends was investigated. For this purpose, blends of PC and ABS at different ratios, without and with varying concentrations of compatibilizer, were prepared by melt compounding in a co-rotating twin-screw extruder followed by injection molding. The effectiveness of the compatibilizer was investigated by studying the microstructure and the mechanical, thermal, and rheological properties of the blends. It was found that the addition of the compatibilizer increases tensile strength, modulus, elongation at break, impact strength, complex viscosity, and thermal stability. This effect was noted at a loading of 1 wt% of compatibilizer, where enhanced interactions between the PC and ABS can be seen. Rheological methods, based on dynamic viscoelastic tests, allowed us to distinguish between emulsion-like and co-continuous morphologies and allowed an insight into the effect of the compatibilizer on the interfacial tension
%K PC/ABS blending
%K compatibilization
%K mechanical properties
%K rheology
%K thermal stability
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0095244317753652