Preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends using scanning electron microscopy
The morphology of natural rubber/polypropylene (NR/PP) blends were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The NR/PP blends were produced in varying compositions of NR/PP ratios of 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 50:50, 40:60 and 30:70. The NR/PP blends were sputter coated with gold and observed u...
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| author | Che Husna Azhari, Zamri Yusoff, Jaafar Sahari, |
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| description | The morphology of natural rubber/polypropylene (NR/PP) blends were studied using
scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The NR/PP blends were produced in varying
compositions of NR/PP ratios of 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 50:50, 40:60 and 30:70. The
NR/PP blends were sputter coated with gold and observed under a Phillips 500 SEM
at magnifications of 0.326K and 2.5K respectively. Micrographs showed the blends as
incompatible polymers with NR domains embedded in a continous PP matrix. At
higher NR loadings, the NR domains were observed to be fibrils interspersed
continously in the PP matrix whilst at lower loadings the NR phase was scattered in
distinct granular domains. Models of the NR/PP blends were postulated frorn the
micrographs obtained |
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| spelling | ukm-12982011-10-11T03:45:19Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1298/ Preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends using scanning electron microscopy Che Husna Azhari, Zamri Yusoff, Jaafar Sahari, The morphology of natural rubber/polypropylene (NR/PP) blends were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The NR/PP blends were produced in varying compositions of NR/PP ratios of 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 50:50, 40:60 and 30:70. The NR/PP blends were sputter coated with gold and observed under a Phillips 500 SEM at magnifications of 0.326K and 2.5K respectively. Micrographs showed the blends as incompatible polymers with NR domains embedded in a continous PP matrix. At higher NR loadings, the NR domains were observed to be fibrils interspersed continously in the PP matrix whilst at lower loadings the NR phase was scattered in distinct granular domains. Models of the NR/PP blends were postulated frorn the micrographs obtained 1992 Article PeerReviewed Che Husna Azhari, and Zamri Yusoff, and Jaafar Sahari, (1992) Preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends using scanning electron microscopy. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 4 . http://www.ukm.my/jkukm/index.php/jkukm |
| spellingShingle | Che Husna Azhari, Zamri Yusoff, Jaafar Sahari, Preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends using scanning electron microscopy |
| title | Preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends
using scanning electron microscopy |
| title_full | Preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends
using scanning electron microscopy |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends
using scanning electron microscopy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends
using scanning electron microscopy |
| title_short | Preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends
using scanning electron microscopy |
| title_sort | preliminary studies on the morphology of natural rubber-polypropylene blends
using scanning electron microscopy |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1298/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1298/ |