Study of thermal and mechanical properties of styrene-methyl methacrylate copolymers

Theoretical principles -- Thermal analysis -- Polymer stabilization -- Stress-strain tensile properties of polymers -- Dynamic mechanical properties of polymers -- Compatibility -- Materials and experimental procedure -- Materials -- Thermal analysis -- Blending and compression molding -- Stress-strain tensile test -- Dynamic mechanical test -- Results and discussion -- Activation energies of thermal degradation of polystyrene and S-MMA copolymers -- Stabilization of S-MMA copolymers -- Mechanical properties of S-MMA copolymers, PS and PMMA -- Glass transition temperatures -- Possibility for S-MMA copolymers to be compatibilizers in PS-PMMA system.