A Study on the Properties of LDPE/LLDPE blends Prepared by Compositional Quenching Process

Compositional Quenching 공정에 의한 LDPE/LLDPE 블렌드의 물성에 관한 연구

Low-density polyethylene(LDPE)/Linear low-density polyethylene(LLDPE) blends were prepared by the compositional quenching process, a new morphology control method. The blends were characterized in terms of melting and crystallization behavior and mechanical properties. The results were compared with those of mechanically blended and solution blended samples. From DSC experiments, it was found that the melting temperatures and crystallization temperatures of the blends were dependent on the blending methods. In thermal property, LDPE/LLDPE blends prepared by compositional quenching process were similar to the blends prepared by solution blending but different from the blends prepared by mechanical blending. This result is explained to be due to the domain size dispersed in the matrix. The elongation-at-break and tensile strength of the samples blended by compositional quenching showed similar to those of the samples blended by solution blending method but larger than those of samples prepared by mechanical blending. Also, the Young's modulus showed the same trends as elongation-at-break. The tensile strength of the blends prepared by compositional quenching was not as high as the samples prepared by the other two blending methods.

새로운 상용성 조절 기법인 compositional quenching 공정을 이용하여 LDPE(Low-density polyethylene)/LLDPE(Linear low-density polyethylene) 블렌드를 제조하고, 기존의 mechanical blending과 solution blending 방법으로 제조한 블렌드와 물성 등을 비교 고찰하였다. DSC thermogram에서는 $T_m$ peak와 $T_c$ peak가 세 가지 블렌드 방법에 따라 변하였다. Compositional quenching 공정에 의한 블렌드의 열적 성질은 solution blending에 의한 블렌드와 거의 유사하였으나 mechanical blending에 의한 블렌드와는 서로 다른 경향을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 matrix 내에 분산된 domain 크기에 의한 것으로 생각된다. 인장실험에서는 compositional quenching 공정과 solution blending에 의한 블렌드의 파괴신율이 mechanical blending방법에 의한 것에 비해 상대적으로 컸으며, Young's modulus는 mechanical blending에 의한 결과가 상대적으로 컸다. 또한 compositional quenching 공정과 solution blending에 의한 블렌드의 인장강도가 mechanical blending에 의한 것보다 큰 경향을 보였다.