Abstract:
The PP/PET
in-situ fiberized composites with reinforcing effect were prepared by extrusion-drawing-injection molding. The influences of PET mass content (
Cm) on the PET fiberization, tensile strength (
σt) and Young's modulus (
E) of the composites, together with their functional mechanisms were studied in contrast to the normally blended materials without drawing. The results show that as
Cm rises from 0 to 20%, the number of PET fibers
in-situ formed increases whereas their diameter and dispersity decrease till
Cm=15% and then increase.Correspondingly, the
σt and
E of the composites increase till
Cm=15% and then decrease, with maximum gains of
σt and
E of about 20% and 70% relative to neat PP,respectively. The fiberization of PET droplets through coalescence-deformation during melt-drawing plays a key role in the above variation of PET phase morphology with
Cm. The competition between the reinforcing effect of dispersed phase on matrix and the interfacial flaw effect of the two phases, and the rigidizing effect of fiber on matrix controlled by both fiber number and fiber fineness, are dominant factors of deciding the above
σt~
Cm and
E~Cm relations, respectively.