Crosslinked blends and coextruded films by electron beam

Morphology, thermal and mechanical properties of polymer blends and coextruded films of hydrogenated copolymer of butadiene and acrylonitrile (HNBR) and polyethylene-co-octene (PE-co-O) are considered before and after electron beam crosslinking. It is known that the properties are depending not only on the crosslinks in the bulk of the polymers but also on that created in the interfacial domain. It is however very difficult to have direct evidence of the interfacial crosslinks. Moreover the two polymers are not compatible and the addition of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer as a potential polymer compatibiliser is considered.