Synthesis, physical characterization, and acetone sorption kinetics in random copolymers of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate)
| Autor: | G. W. McNeely, Anita J. Hill, C. C. McDowell, M. I. Haider, Benny D. Freeman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Dimethyl terephthalate Materials science Polymers and Plastics Analytical chemistry Polymer Condensed Matter Physics Amorphous solid chemistry.chemical_compound Crystallinity chemistry Polymer chemistry Materials Chemistry Acetone Copolymer Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Solubility Ethylene glycol |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. 36:2981-3000 |
| ISSN: | 1099-0488 0887-6266 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/(sici)1099-0488(19981130)36:16<2981::aid-polb13>3.0.co;2-n |
| Popis: | Random copolymers of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate) (PEN) were synthesized by melt condensation. In a series of thin, solvent cast films of varying PEN content, acetone diffusivity and solubility were determined at 35°C and an acetone pressure of 5.4 cm Hg. The kinetics of acetone sorption in the copolymer films are well described by a Fickian model. Both solubility and diffusivity decrease with increasing PEN content. The acetone diffusion coefficient decreases 93% from PET to PET/85PEN, a copolymer in which 85 weight percent of the dimethyl terephthalate in PET has been replace by dimethyl naphthalate 2,6-dicarboxylate. The acetone solubility coefficient in the amorphous regions of the polymer decreases by approximately a factor of two over the same composition range. The glass/rubber transition temperatures of these materials rise monotonically with increasing PEN content. Copolymers containing 20 to 80 wt % PEN are amorphous. Samples with 80% PEN contain measurable levels of crystallinity. Estimated fractional free volume in the amorphous regions of these samples is lower in the copolymers than in either of the homopolymers. Relative free volume as probed by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) decreases systematically with increasing PEN content. Acetone diffusion coefficients correlate well with PALS results. Infrared spectroscopy suggests an increase in the fraction of ethylene glycol units in the trans conformation in the amorphous phase as the concentration of PEN in the copolymer increases. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 2981–3000, 1998 |
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