Miscibility in Crystalline/Amorphous Blends of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/ DGEBA

A differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and smallangle X-ray scattering (SAXS) study of miscibility in blends of the semicrystalline polyester poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and amorphous monomer epoxy DGEBA (diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A) was performed. Evidence of the miscibility of PHB/DGEBA i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Silva, Leonel Ignacio, Tognana, Sebastian Alberto, Salgueiro, Walter Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/2228
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/2228
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BIODEGRADABLE
BLENDS
CALORIMETRY
CRYSTALLIZATION
EPOXY RESIN
MISCIBILITY
SAXS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:A differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and smallangle X-ray scattering (SAXS) study of miscibility in blends of the semicrystalline polyester poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and amorphous monomer epoxy DGEBA (diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A) was performed. Evidence of the miscibility of PHB/DGEBA in the molten state was found from a DSC study of the dependence of glass transition temperature (Tg) as a function of the blend composition and isothermal crystallization, analyzing the melting point (Tm) as a function of blend composition. A negative value of Flory–Huggins interaction parameter vPD was obtained. Furthermore, the lamellar crystallinity in the blend was studied by SAXS as a function of the PHB content. Evidence of the segregation of the amorphous material out of the lamellar structure was obtained.