Xylene Lab Report

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polyolefin elastomer (Tafmer DF640) with a melt flow rate of 3.6 g/10 min (190 ℃/2.16 kg, ASTM D1238) was prepared from Mitsui Chemicals (Japan). The applied peroxide was DCP from Hercules (New York, USA) in a powder form and xylene was also obtained from Merck. 2.2 Sample preparation 2.2.1 Synthesis of octavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (OVPOSS) (from dr karimi…) 2.2.2 Preparation of composite samples Before blending, POE and OVPOSS were dried at 80℃ under vacuum for about 12 h to remove the excess moisture. The POE-POSS-DCP blends were prepared in a Brabender internal mixer (WTH 55, Germany) with a mixer bowl capacity of 55 cm3 and roller-type rotors at 90℃ with mixing duration of 8 min and rotor speed of 60 rpm. The blends were preheated for 1 min in a hot press (Toyoseiki, Japan) and then compression molded at 190℃ for 5 min under 25 bars pressure. After that, the samples were cooled to room temperature under the same pressure and sheets with 1 mm thickness were obtained for experiments. Samples are coded as P-xD-yPO, in which x and y demonstrate the…show more content…
This test gives valuable information about storage modulus (G′), loss modulus (G″), loss tangent (tan δ) and complex viscosity (η*) of the compounds. For rheological tests, circular disk-like samples of 25 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm in thickness were prepared according to preparation conditions of the composite samples given in part 2.2.2. The test was performed under nitrogen atmosphere with a frequency of 1 rad/s. The maximum strain for deformation was fixed at 1% to ensure being within the linear viscoelastic region. Time sweep test was employed to investigate the crosslinking behavior. The samples were stored at room temperature for at least 48 h before being tested at
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