ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesives based on styrene-butadiene block copolymers with aliphatic and aromatic tackifying resins and plastifying oils have been analyzed. The importance of the resin structure in the compatibility with the block copolymer and the influence of the different paraffinic-naphthenic character of the oil in PSA performance have been shown. Ternary systems with a fixed polymer content (30%) and with variable resin and oil contents show a good miscibility over the whole range of compositions, and only one glass transition temperature was found in each composition. The relationship between chemical composition and bulk performance are expressed in terms of the visco-elastic behavior of the adhesives, measured by DMTA. It has been shown that at a given resin content there is a minimum on tan δ peak vs. temperature, the melt viscosities present a plateau region and the tack strength shows a maximum. An important conclusion is that phase separation is not a requirement for maximum tack; some restricted miscibility is enough, present in a few microdomains of the blend. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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