The crystallization of poly(ethylene oxide) in blends with neat and plasticized poly(vinyl chloride)

摘要

The crystallization of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) in blends with amorphous poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), in a mixture with the PVC-selective plasticizer tricresyl phosphate (TCP), and in ternary mixtures with both PVC and TCP has been investigated at several structural levels using the techniques of: (i) theoretical surface interfacial tension calculations, (ii) thermal analysis, (iii) polarized light microscopy, and (iv) polarized infrared microspectroscopy.