Structural evolution of a constrained epoxy functional polyethylene network crosslinked by a bio-based reactant

Autor: Yannick Goutille, Philippe Cassagnau, Françoise Fenouillot, Laurent Keromnes, Philippe Chaumont, Ruben Briceno Garcia
Přispěvatelé: Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères (IMP), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: European Polymer Journal
European Polymer Journal, Elsevier, 2014, 61, pp.186-196. ⟨10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.10.003⟩
ISSN: 0014-3057
1873-1945
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.10.003
Popis: International audience; Epoxy-ethylene copolymers were thermally crosslinked by using an amino-acid agent to create covalent cross-links between epoxide functions. Two different systems were studied: a pre-constrained network and a non-constrained one. Samples were aged for 6, 16 and 24 h. The study of the network structure before and during the aging was,done by different techniques such as: swelling ratio measurement, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermoporosimetry analysis. For the constrained-network system two different mechanisms of aging have been identified: a chain scission phenomenon during the first 6 h and a cross-linking effect in the latest stages. Chain scission was found to be probably related to the increasing of the rate of the C-C breaking during thermo-oxidative aging as a consequence of a heterogeneous structure formed when crosslinking takes place before relaxation. On the other hand, crosslinking reactions in the latest hours of aging were attributed to reactions of etherification between epoxy and hydroxyl functions as well as the thermo-oxidation of ethylenic chains.
Databáze: OpenAIRE