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FTIR-spectra of (a) PP, (b) LCP (Vectra B 950), (c) PP+5% LCP, (d) PP+ 5% EAA, and (e) PP+5% EAA+5% LCP.
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Polypropylene (PP) was melt blended with Vectra B-950 [a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (LCP)], in a single screw extruder in presence of different doses of ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) copolymer, as modifier. The effect of incorporation in different proportions of EAA at a fixed dose of 5% LCP, on mechanical, thermal, morphological, and rh...
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... spectra of PP, LCP (Vectra-B950) and the blends of PP-LCP (VectraB950), PP-EAA and PP- EAA-Vectra-B950 are shown in Figure 4. PP shows its characteristic absorption peaks for the deforma- tion vibration of methyl (ACH 3 ) and methylene (ACH 2 A) groups at 1473 cm À1 and 1382 cm À1 , respectively, 24 and they get much subdued and shift to somewhat lower frequency regions, at 1453 cm À1 and 1370 cm À1 , respectively, in the PP-EAA-Vectra- B950 blends as a result of structural modification. ...
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