Polypropylene films of various isotacticities and crystallinities were stretched biaxially in one step in air at 140–152°C or polyaxially in poly(ethylene glycol) at 130–160°C, and the morphological changes were studied by electron microscopy (replica). In the initial stage of stretching, with vA = 1.4, the spherulites of one of the films used for the experiment were broken both from the centers and boundaries, and those of another film were broken mainly from the center. This difference in the deformation behavior seems to be characteristic of the film properties and independent of the method of stretching, although the factors involved are still unknown. On further stretching (vA = 22), well annealed spherulites were broken into many small blocklike fragments with unfolded fibrils running among them, particularly at the low stretching temperature (140°C), and fibrillation proceeded at the expense of the residual fragments. In the case of quenched or slightly crystallized material, the fragments were dendritic and divided into finer and finer fibrils on stretching. At elevated temperature, however, even for well annealed spherulites, the deformation behavior resembles that of the quenched material, and at a high degree of stretching the spherulites take on the fibrillar net structure in every case. In films containing a high amount of atactic fraction, radial, tangential, and boundary cracking occurred more easily, and broad fibrils were observed across the cracks. 相似文献
Poly(L ‐lactic acid)/poly(D ‐lactic acid) (PLLA/PDLA) blended with plasticizer poly(ethylene glycol) and nucleation agent TMC‐306 as‐spun fibers were prepared by melt spinning. The posttreatment was applied by hot drawing at 70°C and then heat‐treating at different temperatures for 30 minutes. In the process of hot drawing, orientation induced the further formation of the sc crystals and increased the degree of crystallinity of drawn fibers. When the hot drawing ratio reached 3 times, the properties of the fibers were relatively better. The highly oriented fibers containing pure sc crystals with high crystallinity were obtained by heat‐treating at a temperature above the melting point of α crystals. The posttreated PLLA/PDLA fibers with poly(ethylene glycol) and TMC‐306 (LDTP) obtained by hot drawing to 3 times at 70°C and then annealing at 170°C for 30 minutes exhibited the best antioxidative degradation and heat resistance properties. The initial decomposition temperature (T5%) and heat resistance of posttreated LDTP fiber were about 94°C and 20°C higher than those of the commercial PLLA fiber, respectively. 相似文献
Unoriented T-die flat films of nylon 6 and PET films annealed at 90°C were stretched in water at 80°C. Amorphous PET films were stretched in water at 65–75°C. Changes in the light scattering patterns from these samples upon stretching were investigated. One of the observed LS patterns from the stretched samples is the Hv eight-leaf pattern consisting of four lobes and streaks. In the nylon 6 and heat-treated PET showing this pattern, spherulitic patterns can be seen in polarization microscopy. The microscopic spherulitic superstructure may possibly be the factor responsible for producing the lobe-and-streak pattern. On the other hand, many microscopic eight-leaf patterns can be observed in amorphous unannealed PET showing the lobe-and-streak pattern. These microscopic patterns are due to retardation at stress concentrations around impurities and nuclei. The superstructure giving these microscopic patterns must be the origin of the lobe-and-streak pattern from unannealed PET. Another scattering pattern, the Vv cruciform pattern, was observed in both stretched nylon 6 and unannealed PET. This pattern is due to an orientation change across the slip lines observed under a polarizing microscope. It is noted (1) that the appearance of the slip lines in PET coincides with the occurrence of oriented crystallization on stretching, (2) that the lobe-and-streak pattern from PET in which orientation crystallization has taken place is fairly stable to heat treatment and does not disappear until just before melting, and (3) that the superstructures produced at low stretching seem to be deformed on further stretching, in accordance with affine deformation theory. 相似文献
The
melting and crystallisation behaviour of poly(m-xylene
adipamide) (MXD6) are investigated by using the conventional DSC, X-ray diffraction
and polarised light microscopy. Triple, double or single melting endotherms
are obtained in subsequent heating scan for the samples after isothermal crystallisation
from the melt state at different temperatures. The lowest melting peak can
be ascribed to the melting of secondary crystals. The melting of primary crystals
causes the medium melting peak and the highest melting peak is attributed
to the melting of recrystallised species formed during heating. Following
the Hoffman–Weeks theory, the equilibrium melting temperature is equal
to 250°C and the equilibrium melting enthalpy ΔHm0
to 175 J g–1. Then, using the Lauritzen–Hoffmann
theory of secondary crystallisation, the analyse of the spherulitic growth
shows that the temperature of transition between the growing regimes II and
III is equal to 176°C. Finally the Gibbs-Thomson relationship allows the
determination of the distribution function of crystalline lamellae. 相似文献
Melting behavior of an experimental Halar film, a predominantly alternating 1:1 copolymer of ethylene (E) and chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE), has been studied. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) reveals single or double melting peaks, depending upon the thermal history. The lower-temperature melting peak Tm1 is produced only by the thermal treatment and shows a strong dependence on annealing time and temperature. On the basis of the DSC and x-ray data it can be suggested that Tm1 represents the melting of relatively small crystallites formed upon annealing. The higher-temperature melting peak Tm2 is always shown at 238°C. (Note: the specification for commercial Halar product is 240°C. The slightly lower melting temperature reported in this study is probably due to the fact that we are dealing with an experimental melt-processed material.) On the basis of the heating rate study we propose that Halar crystallizes with stable crystals (Tm2 = 238°C) regardless of the crystallization conditions, i.e., quenching, slow cooling, or even annealing. Crystals of Halar have a heat of fusion of approximately 35 cal/g or 146 kJ/kg. Detailed analysis of the melting behavior of Halar is presented. 相似文献
Summary: The polymorphisms in poly(hexamethylene terephthalate) (PHT), along with their associated melting and spherulite morphologies, were examined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), and polarized‐light microscopy (PLM). The morphology and crystal cells were dependent on the temperature of crystallization. When melt‐crystallized at low temperatures (90–135 °C), PHT showed at least five melting peaks and two re‐crystallization peaks upon DSC scanning, and the samples displayed various fractions of both α and β crystals. However, only a single melting peak was obtained in PHT melt‐crystallized at 140 °C or above, which displayed a single type of β crystal. In addition, two different forms of spherulites were identified in melt‐crystallized PHT, with one being a typical Maltese‐cross spherulite containing the α crystal, and the other being a dendrite‐type packed mainly with the β crystal. This study provides timely evidence for a critical interpretation of the relationship between multiple melting and polymorphisms (unit cells and spherulites) in polymers, including semi‐crystalline polyesters.
WAXD diffractograms for PHT melt‐crystallized at 140 °C, revealing a single type of β‐crystal cell. 相似文献
Summary: In a low‐molecular‐weight polyethylene‐block‐poly(ethylene oxide) (PE‐b‐PEO) diblock copolymer, two pathway‐dependent melting processes were observed: Upon slow heating, the PE lamellar crystals melted at ≈97 °C into a disordered state. However, when the temperature rapidly jumped to above the melting point (e.g., 100 °C), the PE lamellar crystals transformed directly into an ordered lamellar melt, followed by an isothermal conversion into a disordered melt. This isothermal order‐to‐disorder transition was explained by superheating of the PE crystals using a G‐T diagram.
A schematic G‐T diagram explaining the pathway‐dependent double melting for a crystalline polyethylene‐block‐poly(ethylene oxide) copolymer. 相似文献
The melting process of constrained nylon 6 fibers has been studied to estimate the true melting point of its original crystals.
The melting peak became simpler in shape and shifted to higher temperature with increasing fiber-axis restricting force. When
heating rate, β, was increased, the temperature where the melting curve initially departs from its baseline, Tsm, decreased
steeply in the range of 45 to 60°C min-1, and increased linearly with increasing β above 60°C min-1. By linear extrapolation of Tsm to 0°C min-1, the temperature of ca 190°C was obtained for the melting temperature of the original nylon 6 crystals. This seems to correspond
to the zero-entropy-production melting of the most imperfect crystallites of the nylon 6 fabric.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
Reversible and irreversible spectral changes are observed on heating of solvent-cast films of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) between 30 and 230°C. The irreversible changes are due to the gauche-trans isomerization of the ethylene glycol segments and the corresponding changes in the symmetry and resonance characteristics of the aromatic rings. On the other hand, there are thermally reversible spectral changes. These reversible effects are primarily observed for the modes of the aromatic ring and the trans ethylene glycol segment. These reversible spectral changes include intensity variations and frequency shifts and are found to be linearly dependent on the measurement temperature. These reversible changes arise from changes in intermolecular and intramolecular forces as the temperature changes. 相似文献
Thermoluminescence (TL) has been observed in γ-irradiated extended-chain crystals of polyethylene above room temperature. The TL curve, which exhibits four peaks at 50, 90, 120, and 140°C, is different from that given by folded-chain crystals, in both shape and intensity. In particular, a shape, strong glow peak is observed at 140°C, corresponding to the melting temperature of the extended chain crystals. These results are discussed in relation to independent measurements by differential scanning calorimetry and electron spin resonance. 相似文献
The polymorphous crystallization and multiple melting behavior of poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) with an optical purity of 92 % were investigated after isothermally crystallized from the melt state by wide-angle X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. Owing to the low optical purity, it was found that the disordered (α′) and ordered (α) crystalline phases of PLLA were formed in the samples crystallized at lower (<95 °C) and higher (≥95 °C) temperatures, respectively. The melting behavior of PLLA is different in three regions of crystallization temperature (Tc) divided into Region I (Tc < 95 °C), Region II (95 °C ≤ Tc < 120 °C), and Region III (Tc ≥ 120 °C). In Region I, an exothermic peak was observed between the low-temperature and high-temperature endothermic peaks, which results from the solid–solid phase transition of α′-form crystal to α one. In Region II, the double-melting peaks can be mainly ascribed to the melting–recrystallization–remelting of less stable α crystals. In Region III, the single endotherm shows that the α crystals formed at higher temperatures are stable enough and melt directly without the recrystallization process during heating. 相似文献
Melt-crystallized films of poly(L -lactic acid) (PLLA) with Mv in the range of 3.8 ∼ 46 × 104 consisting of α-form crystals were uniaxially drawn by solid-state coextrusion. The effects of Mv, extrusion draw ratio (EDR), and extrusion temperature (Text) on the crystal/crystal transformation from α- to β-form crystals and the resultant tensile properties of drawn products were studied. The crystal transformation proceeded with EDR and more rapidly for the higher Mv's. Furthermore, the crystal transformation proceeded most rapidly with EDR at a Text around 130 °C, independently of the Mv's. As a result of the optimum combination of processing variables influencing the the crystal transformation (Mv, Text, and drawability), highly oriented films consisting of β-form crystals alone were obtained by coextrusion of higher Mv samples at Text's slightly below the melting temperature (150 ∼ 170 °C) and at higher EDR's > 11. Both the tensile modulus and strength increased rapidly with EDR. The modulus at a given EDR was slightly higher for the samples with higher Mv's. In contrast, the strength at a given EDR was remarkably higher for the higher Mv's. The highest tensile modulus of 8.0 GPa and strength of 500 MPa were obtained with the sample of the highest Mv of 46 × 104 coextruded at 170 °C to the highest EDR of 14. 相似文献
The thermal shrinkage of stretched crosslinked high-density polyethylene (HDPE) was investigated with the aim to produce heat shrinkable materials. The heat shrinkable property was achieved by a process of heating-stretching-cooling by aid of tensile machine on crosslinked HDPE obtained by compounding with various amount of peroxide. Effect of stretching ratio and stretching temperature on thermal and shrinkage behaviour at varying peroxide contents was investigated. The results showed that crosslinking hindered the crystallization process by decreasing the melting and crystallization temperatures as well as the total degree of crystallinity. The stretching ratio had no significant effect on shrink temperature but rather on ultimate shrinkage. The stretching temperature had relatively significant influence on the shrink temperature. Crosslinked HDPE stretched at above melting point (140 °C) had higher shrink temperature as compared to those stretched at lower temperature (90 °C). These effects could be reasonably explained by Hoffman theory and changes in crystallites size and total amount of crystallinity. 相似文献
The oriented and thermal crystallization of amorphous poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films was investigated in terms of the morphological aspects. When the amorphous PET films were stretched up to the desired draw ratios in a hot water bath at 62, 72, and 80 °C, the birefringence of the specimens increased with increasing draw ratio (λ). This tendency becomes most significant when the specimen was drawn in the bath at 62 °C. The storage modulus of the specimen drawn at 62 °C was higher than those of the specimens drawn at 72 and 80 °C. The exothermic peak in the DSC curves was observed clearly for the specimen drawn up to λ=4 in the hot water bath at 80 °C, while the peak did not appear for the specimen drawn up to λ=4 at 62 °C. Under an Hv polarization condition, light scattering patterns from the specimens drawn in the hot water bath showed four lobes at small azimuthal angles and four sharp streaks at large azimuthal angles. Such a profile was independent of the drawing temperatures from 62 to 80 °C. Based on the observed Hv patterns, a model was proposed by assuming the existence of a row-nucleated sheaf-like structure whose rows were preferentially oriented at a particular angle with respect to the stretching direction. The patterns calculated by using the above model were rather close to the patterns observed. This agreement implies that row-nucleated sheaf-like texture arises with lamellar overgrowth.