Table 6. Comparison of Ultimate Tensile Strength, Strain at Break, and Degree of Crystallinity Values of Compatibilized 40i-PP/60ECR/5C Blend (Documented in This Article) with Some of the PP- and Polar Elastomer-Based TPEs (with Different Compatibilizers) Reported in the Literaturea.
| sl. no. | TPEs | compatibilizing agent | ultimate tensile strength (MPa) | strain at break (%) | degree of crystallinity (XC (%)) by DSC | ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50PP/50ACM/5MA-PP/0.5TETA | MA-PP (5 wt %) and TETA (0.5 wt %) | 15.9 | 340 | 38.6 | (17) |
| 2 | 60PP/100m-EPM/10MA-PP | MA-PP (10 wt %) | 3.5 | 120 | (20) | |
| 3 | 50DPM-PP/50NBR | technological compatibilization | 10.1 | 66 | (23) | |
| 4 | 40PP/60NBRr/1ER | ER (1 phr) | 5 | 6.5 | (19) | |
| 5 | 40i-PP/60ECR/5MA-PP | MA-PP (5 wt %) | 15.5 | 138 | 39.8 | (21) |
| 6 | 40i-PP/60ECR/5C | E-AE-MA-TP (5 wt %) | 17.2 | 370 | 42.1 | this paper |
a
PP represents polypropylene, ACM represents acrylic rubber, MA-PP represents maleic anhydride-grafted polypropylene, TETA represents triethylene tetramine, m-EPM represents maleated ethylene propylene rubber, DPM-PP represents dimethylol phenolic-modified polypropylene, NBRr represents recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, ER represents epoxy resin, ECR represents epichlorohydrin rubber, and E-AE-MA-TP represents the ethylene-acrylic ester-maleic anhydride terpolymer.