Volume 131, Issue 2
Article

Structure and properties of polypropylene/high-density polyethylene blends by solid equal channel angular extrusion

Hong Li

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Hong Li

School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, No. 100 Waihuan Xi Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 510006 China

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Chengya Huang

Chengya Huang

College of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641 China

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Xun Huang

Xun Huang

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275 China

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First published: 31 July 2013
Citations: 7

ABSTRACT

The solid equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) process on polypropylene (PP)/high-density polyethylene (HDPE) blends was carried out. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to observe the sample structures. Results showed that ECAE process could make PP/HDPE blends to produce orientation structure. Impact performance of ECAE-PP/HDPE samples after ECAE process improved remarkably, especially for ECAE-PP/HDPE (90/10)-O whose impact strength reached 91.91 kJ/m2, 18.1 times higher than that of pure PP and 11.2 times higher than that of PP/HDPE (90/10). The mechanism of enhancing between HDPE and PP was discussed. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 39759.

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