Mechanical properties and compatibility of polylactic acid/polystyrene polymer blend

Kotiba Hamad; Mosab Kaseem; Fawaz Deri; Young Gun Ko

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2015.11.029

Mechanical properties and compatibility of polylactic acid/polystyrene polymer blend

Kotiba Hamad
, Mosab Kaseem
, Fawaz Deri
, Young Gun Ko

Department of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

In this work, compatibility and stress transfer of polylactic acid/polystyrene (PLA/PS) polymer blends were determined using tensile measurements at room temperature. For this purpose, blend compositions ranging from neat PLA to neat PS, in 25 wt% increments, were extruded and molded for tensile tests. The results showed that the blends containing 50 wt% and 75 wt% PLA exhibited improved mechanical properties (tensile strength and elongation) as compared to neat PS. In addition, the stress transfer calculations of PLA/PS blend revealed that this blend exhibited a higher degree of compatibility compared to other biodegradable polyesters/PS blends.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	409-412
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	164
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2015.11.029
State	Published - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

Compatibility
Polylactic acid
Polymer blends
Polystyrene
Stress transfer

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