Polymer additives and

compounding
Dr. Farhan Saeed
Polymer Blends
 Mixing of two or more different polymers
together makes it possible to achieve various
property combinations of the final material—
usually in a more cost-effective way than in
the case of synthesis of new polymers.

 Recently, the problem of polymer blends has

also become important for recycling
industrial and/or municipal plastics scrap.
Polymer Blends
 Equilibrium and interfacial behavior of
polymers
 Compatibilization of immiscible components
 Phase structure development and methods of

its investigation
 Mechanical Properties
Polymer Blends
 Miscible polymer blend
◦ A blend of two or more amorphous polymers
homogeneous down to the molecular level and fulfilling
the thermodynamic conditions for a miscible
multicomponent system.
 Immiscible polymer blend
◦ A blend that does not comply with the thermodynamic
conditions of phase stability
 compatible polymer blend
◦ A commercially attractive polymer mixture that is
visibly homogeneous, frequently with improved
physical properties compared with the constituent
polymers.
Polymer Blends
 Gmix = Hmix -TSmix <0

 χ = A+ B/T