The die swelling phenomenon of polychloroprene/glass-beads blends after extruded through a capillary was investigated.
The die swell of the blends depends not upon the diameter of glass-beads, but upon the amount of polychloroprene itself. And the shear modulus obtained from the relation between end correction coefficient ν and shear stress
Sw increases with an increase in the volume fraction of glass-beads according to a blend model that a hard sphere exists in a cubic polymer matrix.
The above results show that the hardness of a glass-bead contributes to the increase of shear modulus of the system, that is, the difficulty of deformation, and that the recoverable shear strain after deformed depends on the amount of polychloroprene which is a continuous matrix.
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