Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.77, No.6, 1316-1321, 2000
Rheological characterization of styrene acrylonitrile copolymers
The relationship between copolymer composition, molecular weight distribution, and rheological properties of random styrene acrylonitrile copolymers synthesized by radical polymerization in bulk was investigated. From differential scanning calorimetry analysis, glass transition temperature was obtained and increases with the acrylonitrile content. The knowledge of the glass transition is a key factor to compare the different copolymers in an iso-free volume condition for melt rheology. Owing to time temperature superposition, a large frequencies window ranging from the terminal zone until the glassy plateau can be obtained. Thus, the mechanical spectroscopy was used to estimate the rubbery plateau modulus and the Newtonian viscosity.