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Basheer AlShammari
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What is the difference between compatibilizer and coupling
agents for polymer composites?
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Gyorgy Banhegyi 4 years ago
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Compatibilizers are used to promote interfacial adhesion between
pair of polymer which are otherwise immiscible. They are usually
block copolymers, both blocks being compatible with one of the
phases. these molecules tend to concentrate at the interfaces and
stabilize them thus allowing ner dispersion of mutually
incompatible pairs. Coupling agents are chemicals which improve
the interfacial properties of mineral llers and polymers (they
reduce the interfacial tension which is diadvnatageous rather than
advantageous, but simultaneously they reduce the agglomeration
tendency of ller particles, thus improving their accessibility to
polymer molecules). Coupling agents usually react with the ller
surface but exhibit at least one side group which react with the
polymer matrix or is at least compatible with it.
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Ali I. Al-Mosawi 4 years ago
University of Miskolc
Compatibilizers, also referred to as coupling agents, are additives,
that when added to a blend of immiscible materials during
extrusion, modi es their interfacial properties and stabilizes the
melt blend.
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Sivakumar Muthusamy 4 years ago
Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
The role of compatibilizer will be  playing physical role for the
promotion of polymer composites. But  coupling agents will act as
chemical role between two or more compounds which are existing
in polymer composites. 
Gyorgy Banhegyi 4 years ago
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