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PET; PP; compatibilizer; thermal properties; curl.

Blends of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/polypropylene (PP) and the ternary copolymer ethylene–acrylic ester–glycidyl methacrylate (EAG) as the compatibilizer were prepared using a twin-screw extruder. The thermal properties,densities and morphologies of the blends were determined using various techniques. Next, PET/PP blend fibres were prepared using a melt–spinning system, and their curl properties were investigated. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results showed that the number of PP particles in the PET matrix and size of the PP phase decreased as the EAG content increased. The melting temperature ($T_{\rm m}$) and cooling crystallization ($T_{\rm cc}$) values of PP in the PET/PP blends decreased significantly after the addition of 1% EAG. The density of the PET/PP blend fibres decreased significantly with increase in the EAG and PP contents. After curl formation, the curl length of PP in the fibres was shorter than that of PET.

YONG WAN PARK¹ MIRA PARK² HAK YONG KIM³ HWAN CHUL KIM² JONG CHEOL LIM⁴ FAN-LONG JIN⁵ SOO-JIN PARK⁶

1. Korea Institute of Convergence Textile, Iksan 570-330, Republic of Korea
2. Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
3. Department of BIN Convergence Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
4. Uno & Company Co. Ltd., Wanju 565-904, Republic of Korea
5. Department of Polymer Materials, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin City 132022, People’s Republic of China
6. Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Nam-gu, Incheon 402-751, South Korea

Published

12 August 2018

Manuscript received

12 July 2017

Accepted

6 December 2017