The Effect of Boron Nitride on the Processability of Metallocene Based LLDPE

摘要

Melt fracture of a various shapes and related processing instabilities continue to limit processing rate in many commercially important polymer processing industries such as fiber spinning, film blowing and extrusion. Therefore, the occurrence of melt fracture needs to be limited in order to produce high quality products, which have the desired physical properties. In an effort to investigate increasing the processing rate and improving the quality of the final product, a commercial LLDPE was modified by the addition of small amount Boron Nitride (BN). BN was added to the virgin LLDPE at 180 °C at concentrations of 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0 wt %. Also, the processability of capillary flow was investigated as functions of temperature, applied shear rate and L/D for the virgin LLDPE and LLDPE containing BN. The equipment used in this study include capillary rheometer, parallel-plate rheometer and universal test machine (UTM). The degree of processability in the capillary flow was found to depend on boron nitride concentration. The relationship between the apparent characteristic relaxation time and the critical shear rate for the onset of melt fracture and slip is also discussed.