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ArticlePolymers2021

Evaluating the Performance of a Semiaromatic/Aliphatic Polyamide Blend: The Case for Polyphthalamide (PPA) and Polyamide 4,10 (PA410).

Mateo Gonzalez de Gortari, Feng Wu, Amar K Mohanty, Manjusri Misra

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mateo Gonzalez de GortariSchool of Engineering, Thornbrough Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3620-2881
Feng WuSchool of Engineering, Thornbrough Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Amar K MohantySchool of Engineering, Thornbrough Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Manjusri MisraSchool of Engineering, Thornbrough Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.

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Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 030332Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 400320Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 401111Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 401637Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Science 052644Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Science 052665
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Abstract

This paper studies the structure-property-processing relationship of polyphthalamide (PPA) PPA/polyamide 4,10 (PA410) blends, via co-relating their thermal-mechanical properties with their morphology, crystallization, and viscoelastic properties. When compared to neat PPA, the blends show improved processability with a lower processing temperature (20 °C lower than neat PPA) along with a higher modulus/strength and heat deflection temperature (HDT). The maximum tensile modulus is that of the 25PPA/75PA410 blend, ~3 GPa, 25% higher than neat PPA (~2.4 GPa). 25PPA/75PA410 also exhibits the highest HDT (136 °C) among all the blends, being 11% more than PPA (122 °C). The increase in the thermo-mechanical properties of the blends is explained by the partial miscibility between the two polymers. The blends improve the processing performance of PPA and broaden its applicability.

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high-performance polymerpolyamide 4,10polyphthalamides

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PMID34641207
PMCPMC8512554

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