The following sections will be covered during this session:
- Plastics fundamentals, e.g. mechanical properties
- Property balance between modulus, strength and impact resistance
- Performance / cost ratios for engineering polymers
- Impact Failure Mechanisms
- Impact modifiers selection
- Adding fillers, elastomer particles or making polymer blends...
- The pros and cons of different elastomer chemistry (polybutadiene versus acrylate rubber)
- The importance of impact modifier particle size, bonding and cross-linking
- How to minimize unwanted interaction between particulate impact modifiers and fillers / pigments (including real-life cases)
- How to minimize the effect of impact modifiers affect other properties: transparency and colorability (including real-life cases)
- Summary sheet as a quick reference guide to modifier selection