Hydrolytic ageing of polyester networks - Role of a plasticizer

Autor: Marie Coquillat, Jacques Verdu, Pierre Gilormini, Emmanuel Richaud, Aude Vandenbrouke, Isabelle Derue, Nancy Desgardin
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
DOI: 10.1063/1.4876785
Popis: This paper reports the hydrolytic ageing of polyester urethane based elastomer networks containing various amount of a plasticizer. Degradation was monitored by mechanical properties and swelling ratio changes. An analysis of the early stages of degradation showed this plasticizer decreased the polymer sensitivity towards hydrolysis. Some possible reasons were discussed. The most likely is that adding plasticizer during polymerization changes the network initial architecture with more dangling chains of which hydrolysis does not change the elastic properties.
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