PRELIMINARY THERMAL AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF BLENDS BASED ON A THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COPOLYESTER AND POLY(ETHYLENE) TEREPHTHALATE.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is therefore to report the results of initial thermal, morphological and mechanical studies conducted on blends of liquid crystalline polymers (60 mole % PHB-40 mole % PET) with PET. These two resins were blended using a solution casting technique, mechanically mixing in the melt and, by injection molding. The resulting solid materials were then analyzed with respect to their thermal and structural characteristics.