Blends of Polypropylene and Syndiotactic 1,2-Polybutadiene:Morphology,Crystallization Behaviors and Mechanical Properties

Morphologies,crystallization behavior and mechanical properties of polypropylene（PP）/syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene（s-1,2 PB）blends were investigated.Morphology observation shows the well dispersed domains of s-1,2 PB in PP matrix with the rather small domain sizes from 0.1 to 0.5μm when the s-1,2 PB content increases from 5%to 20%（mass fraction）in the blends,and the phase structure tends to become co-continuous as s-1,2 PB content further increases.Crystallization temperature（Tc）of PP component in the blends is fluctuated with the variation of s-1,2 PB content in the blends.Compatibilization,to some extent,between the two components is inferred from the examination of both morphology and crystallization behavior.Improvement of impact strength of PP toughened by s-1,2 PB becomes significant only in the case of s-1,2 PB content above 20%（mass fraction）.

Study on Catalytic Behavior of Iron-based Catalyst with IITP as Electron Donor in the Polymerization of Butadiene

In this study,a novel iron-based catalyst system,Fe(acac)3/(isocyanoimino)triptenylphosphorane(IITP)/AlR3,was employed for the synthesis of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene in hexane.This catalyst system exhibits remarkably high catalytic activity,achieving a polymerization activity of 762 kgpolymer·molcatalyst^(-1)·h^(-1)at 50℃with a[BD]/[Fe]molar ratio of 20000.Furthermore,living polymerization characteristic were observed during the investigation of the polymerization kinetics of 1,3-butadiene polymerization.These characteristics were well demonstrated by a narrow molecular weight distribution(PDI≈2.0)of the resulting polybutadiene and a linear relationship between-ln(1-c)and polymerization time as well as number average molecular weight and polymer yield.The resultant polymer showed a 1,2-selectivity of approximately 76%and stereoregularity ranging from 62%to 73%(rrrr).Additionally,through kinetic studies on polymerization reaction,an apparent activation energy Ea value of this catalytic system was calculated to be 84.98 kJ·mol^(-1),which suggests that high polymerization temperature favors efficient polymerization.