Influence of compatibilizer on the structure properties of polylactic acid/natural rubber blends

• Main Authors: Mohammad, Nor Nisa Balqis, Arsad, Agus, Rahmat, Abdul Razak, Abdullah Sani, Nur Syazana, Ali Mohsin, Mohammed Ehtesham
• Format: Article
• Published: Maik Nauka/Interperiodica/Springer 2016
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/67064/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X16020164
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Polylactic acid (PLA) was toughened by 5–20 wt % of natural rubber (NR). Two different compatibilizers maleated PLA (PLA-g-MA) and maleated NR (NR-g-MA) were used as coupling agent. The blends were prepared using twin screw extruder at varying levels of NR. Mechanical, thermal and morphological anal...