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Symposium: G05 - Polymer blends and alloys
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Improvement of flowability for polycarbonate by addition of low-molecular-weight polystyrene

Sako Takumi (1), Hagi Misaki (2), Hiraoka Tatsuhiro (2), Matsuoka Shinji (2), Yamaguchi Masayuki (1)*

(1) Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - Ishikawa - Japan, (2) Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation - Hiroshima - Japan

The melt viscosity of binary blend of polycarbonate (PC) and low-molecular-weight polystyrene (L-PS) was examined by the measurements using a capillary rheometer. It was found that the addition of L-PS significantly reduces the melt viscosity of PC. Moreover, this viscosity drop became obvious at high shear rate region. The morphology observation of the extruded strand indicates that shear-induced phase mixing is the origin of this viscosity drop. The addition of L-PS does not sacrifice the transparency of PC due to the matching of refractive index. Therefore, this method is applicable to enhance the procesability of PC especially for injection-molding.