Thermo‐optical analysis of poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene oxide)/triblock styrene–butadiene–styrene copolymer blends

Abstract

Abstract Blending of poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene oxide) (PPO resin) with a triblock butadiene–styrene–butadiene copolymer (Kraton 101) monotonically increases the softening temperature of the latter as measured by TOA. The TOA transition temperatures of the styrene/PPO resin phases closely approximate those of polystyrene/PPO resin blends having the same styrene/aromatic ether unit compositions. Uniform mixtures of the styrene blocks with the poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene oxide) molecules is inferred.