Studies on mechanics electrical and thermal properties of ABS - PLA blend using glycerol as compatibilizer

摘要

Now a days plastic plays a vital role in the field of automotives, which needs a good impact property at a reasonable i ABS and PLA materials have been mixed in an appropriate proportion of 90:10, 80:20, 70:30 (wt%) and a suitable compatibilizer i.e. glycerol, is also incorporated into that mixture at a percentage of 2%. Then prepare the blend by melt blending using twin-screw extruder. After blending compatibility was investigated by DSC. The ABS-PLA bleu materials were tested to find the mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. The disadvantage of PLA is low impact strength and low heat deflection temperature. The main advantage of ABS is good impact strength and HDT. On blending this ABS with PLA material, good impact strength and also good thermal properties can be obtained for PLA. It can be mainly useful in the field of automotives and electrical housings.