Dilatometric Determination of Polymer Compatibility

Abstract
1. The temperature contraction curves for rubbery polymer mixtures define the degree of compatibility of these polymers only when the glass temperatures are not close to the same. 2. Mixtures of obviously incompatible polymers display several glass temperatures (according to the number of polymers in the mixture). The values of these temperatures coincide with the glass temperatures of the pure polymers and do not depend on the ratio of the polymers in the mixture. 3. Mixtures of compatible polymers have a single glass temperature which changes linearly with the volume ratio of the polymers. 4. The coefficient of linear expansion (contraction) of all polymer mixtures follows the additivity law within the visible limits of experimental error from sample to sample.