Abstract
In the search for a workable mixing rule, use was made of experimental data for complex moduli of melts of narrow molar mass distribution polystyrenes and their homogeneous blends. In the course of this work two basic observations were made as to the nature of the relaxation time spectra of these blends:
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The relaxation strength (a product of the weight fraction and the plateau modulus) of a component of large molecules is reduced by the presence of shorter molecules, the latter molecules acting like ordinary diluent molecules even if their molar masses are larger thenM c .
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The relaxation time of a molecule (known from measurements on the respective monodisperse component) is considerably changed by the blending. The width of the distribution of relaxation times, as expected from the known composition of the blend, is significantly reduced.
For both processes approximate empirical equations could be found. It turned out that, after the application of the required modifications, the complex moduli of the components could successfully be added in order to obtain the complex moduli of the blend at circular frequencies characteristic for the flow and rubber transition regions. On the basis of these results one may expect that for the melt of any linear polymer the linear viscoelastic properties can be evaluated with reasonable accuracy from the knowledge of the molar mass distribution.
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Schausberger, A. A simple method of evaluating the complex moduli of polystyrene blends. Rheol Acta 25, 596–605 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01358168
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01358168