Structure evolution mechanism of poly(acrylonitrile/itaconic acid/acrylamide) during thermal oxidative stabilization process

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) polymers with different compositions were prepared by an efficient aqueous free-radical polymerization technique.Thermal properties of polyacrylonitrile homopolymer (PAN),poly(acrylonitrile/itaconic acid) [P(AN/IA)] and poly(acrylonitrile/itaconic acid/acrylamide) [P(AN/IA/AM)] were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,X-ray diffraction,differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry in detail.It was found that AM had the ability to initiate and accelerate thermal oxidative stabilization process,which was confirmed by the lower initiation temperature and broader exothermic peak in P(AN/IA/AM) as compared with that in P(AN/IA) and PAN.The intensity of heat releasing during the thermal treatment was relaxed due to the presence of two separated exothermic peaks.Accompanied by DSC analysis and calculation of the apparent activation energy of cyclization reaction,two peaks were assigned to the ionic and free radical induction mechanisms,respectively.The higher rate constant in P(AN/IA/AM) indicated that the ionic mechanism actually had a kinetic advantage at promoting thermal stability over the free radical mechanism.This study clearly show that the synthesized P(AN/IA/AM) terpolymers possess larger room to adjust manufacture parameters to fabricate high performance of PAN-based carbon fibers.     

Property changes of powdery polyacrylonitrile synthesized by aqueous suspension polymerization during heat-treatment process under air atmosphere

High molecular weight powdery polyacrylonitrile (PAN) polymers were prepared by aqueous suspension polymerization employing itaconic acid (IA) as comonomer and alpha,alpha(')-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as initiator at 60 degrees C. PAN polymers obtained with different monomer ratios were characterized by EA, DSC, FTIR and XRD. It is investigated that the oxygen element content in PAN polymers increased with the increase of required IA amounts in the feed and heat-treatment temperatures. DSC curves of PAN copolymers exhibited the triplet character, owing to the exothermic cyclization and oxidative reactions during heat-treatment process. Introduction of IA in the feed relaxed exothermic reactions of PAN polymers under air atmosphere. Structure and crystallinity changes were affected by required IA amounts in the feed and enhancement of heat-treatment temperatures. The characteristic functional groups (including C[triple bond]N, C=O, CH(2)) presented in FTIR spectra of PAN polymers indicated copolymerization reaction of AN and IA. Existence of some organic groups (C-O, C=C and/or C=N) indicated formation of ladderlike structure during heat-treatment process. PAN homopolymer had the better crystallinity (mainly peak intensity and peak area around 2theta = 17 degrees) than most RT-PAN copolymers. When heat-treatment temperature is around 210 degrees C, peak intensity, peak area, L(c) and CI of HT-PAN polymers corresponding to samples 1# and 2# got maxima, while crystallinity became weak at higher heat-treatment temperatures.     

Mechanism and kinetics of the stabilization reactions of itaconic acid-modified polyacrylonitrile

The structural evolution and thermal behavior of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) homopolymer and copolymer [P(AN-IA)] containing about 1.5 mol% itaconic acid (IA) during stabilization in air were studied by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG). A new parameter Es=A1595cm⁻¹/A2243cm⁻¹ was defined to evaluate the extent of stabilization. The kinetic parameters, viz. activation energy (E_a) and pre-exponential factor (A) of the stabilization reactions were calculated by Kissinger method and Ozawa method. FTIR analysis indicated that the cyclization of nitrile groups was initiated at a lower temperature by the IA comonomer and the stabilization proceeded at a more moderate pace in P(AN-IA) than in PAN, while an IA additive was found to be decomposed and failed to initiate the cyclization at a lower temperature. The improvement effect of IA comonomer on the stabilization reactions was further confirmed by the dynamic thermal analysis and kinetic study.     

Preparation,thermal characterization,and DFT study of the bacterial cellulose

A bifunctional comonomer 3-aminocarbonyl-3-butenoic acid methyl ester (ABM) was designed and synthesized to prepare poly(acrylonitrile-co-3-aminocarbonyl-3-butenoic acid methyl ester) [P(AN-co-ABM)] copolymer which can be used as carbon fiber precursor instead of poly(acrylonitrile–acrylamide–methyl acrylate) [P(AN–AM–MA)] terpolymer. The stabilization mechanism and structural evolution of P(AN-co-ABM) and P(AN–AM–MA) during stabilization were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, and thermogravimetry. The activation energy (E _a) of the cyclization reactions was calculated by Kissinger method and Ozawa method. The results show that the stabilization of P(AN-co-ABM) has been remarkably improved by ABM compared with P(AN–AM–MA) terpolymer, such as lower initiation temperature, broadened exothermic peak, larger extent of stabilization, and smaller E _a of cyclization, which is attributed to the initiation of ABM through ionic mechanism. Moreover, the spinnability of P(AN-co-ABM) is also improved by ABM due to the lubrication of ester groups in ABM. This study clearly shows that P(AN-co-ABM) copolymer is a better material used as carbon fiber precursor than P(AN–AM–MA) terpolymer.     

较高等规度丙烯腈成纤聚合物的合成

以无水氯化镁为添加剂,考察了不同条件下的丙烯腈聚合反应,研究了溶剂种类、聚合温度和氯化镁与丙烯腈的摩尔配比对聚合反应及聚合物等规度的影响,并确定了最佳反应条件,正己烷为溶剂,偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN)为引发剂,聚合温度为60℃,氯化镁与丙烯腈的摩尔比为2∶1.在此条件下,研究了单体浓度和引发剂浓度对丙烯腈(AN)均聚合、丙烯腈/衣康酸(AN/IA)二元共聚合和丙烯腈/衣康酸/丙烯酸甲酯(AN/IA/MA)三元共聚合反应的影响,并获得了较高等规度(三单元组全同分数30.2%～55.9%)的丙烯腈均聚物和共聚物.不同等规度的丙烯腈聚合物的热分析(DSC及TGA)表明,随着聚合物等规度的提高,聚合物的环化放热峰值温度向高温区移动,而且随着聚合物等规度的提高,环化放热峰变宽.随着聚合物等规度的提高,聚合物的热稳定性变差,热失重增加,碳收率降低.     

Synthesis and isodimorphic cocrystallization behavior of poly(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate-co-1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene 2,6-naphthalate) copolymers

A series of poly(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate-co-1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene 2,6-naphthalate) [P(CT-co-CN)] copolymers were synthesized, and their cocrystallization behavior was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). Although the P(CT-co-CN) copolymers synthesized have statistical random distribution of CT and CN units, all the copolymers show clear melting and crystallization peaks in DSC thermograms over entire copolymer composition, and have an eutectic melting temperature in the plot of melting temperature versus copolymer composition. WAXD patterns of all the samples show sharp diffraction peaks, and are largely divided into two classes according to the copolymer composition, that is, PCT-type and PCN-type diffraction patterns. These facts lead us to conclude that P(CT-co-CN) copolymers show isodimorphic cocrystallization. The eutectic composition at which the crystal transition from PCT-type to PCN-type crystal occurs was estimated ca. 40 mol % CN content. When the defect Gibbs free energy was estimated by using the equilibrium inclusion model proposed by Wendling and Suter, the value (7.18 kJ/mol) in the case of incorporation of CT units in the PCN crystals were larger than the case (3.32 kJ/mol) of incorporation of CN units in the PCT crystals. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 177–187, 2004     

Synthesis and thermal decomposition of GAP-Poly(BAMO) copolymer

An energetic copolymer of glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) and poly(bis(azidomethyl)oxetane (Poly(BAMO)) was synthesized using the Borontrifluoride-dimethyl ether complex/diol initiator system. The synthesized copolymer exhibited the characteristics of an energetic thermoplastic elastomer (ETPE). Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were used to study the thermal decomposition behavior and the results were compared with that of the constituent homopolymers. The main weight loss step in all the polymers coincides with the exothermic dissociation of the azido groups in the side chain. In contrast with the behavior of the homopolymers, the copolymer shows a broad exothermic shoulder peak at 298 °C after the main exothermic decomposition peak at 228 °C. Kinetic analysis was performed by Vyazovkin's model-free method, which suggests that the activation energy of the main decomposition step is around 145 kJ/mol and for the second shoulder it is around 220 kJ/mol. Fourier transform infra red (FTIR) spectra of the degradation residues show that the azido groups in the copolymer decompose in two stages at different temperatures which is responsible for the double decomposition behavior.     

Isothermal crystallization of propylene-1-decene copolymers

The isothermal crystallization and subsequent melting behavior of one propylene homopolymer and three propylene-1-decene copolymers with different comonomer contents prepared by metallocene catalyst were studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It is found that the Avrami exponent of the propylene copolymers decreases gradually with the increase of comonomer content, from 3.0 for the propylene homopolymer to 1.4 for the copolymer with 7.83 mol% 1-decene units. Higher comonomer content also weakens the dependence of crystallization rate constant and crystallization halftime on temperature. Double melting peaks, which correspond to α and γ crystal phases, respectively, are observed for all copolymers under isothermal crystallization. The result shows that higher crystallization temperature is favorable to the segregation of α and γ crystal phases, resulting in higher proportion of γ crystal phase. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

衣康酸对聚丙烯腈原丝结构和性能的影响

控制单体配比 ,采用丙烯腈 (AN)与衣康酸 (IA)自由基溶液共聚 ,以偶氮二异丁腈为引发剂在溶剂二甲基亚砜中合成了聚丙烯腈原丝纺丝溶液 ,并纺制了碳纤维前驱体聚丙烯腈原丝 .通过元素分析、IR、DSC、13 C NMR等手段 ,讨论了共聚单体IA对共聚反应及聚丙烯腈原丝结构和性能的影响 .共聚反应时 ,共聚单体IA的加入量控制在AN/IA =98/2 (W/W )较合适 .利用IR谱 ,可定量分析IA在共聚中的摩尔分数 .经13 C NMR分析 ,随着共聚单体IR在共聚物中的摩尔分数的增加 ,共聚物的全同规整度增加 ,达到一定值后又呈下降趋势 .共聚单体IA能在较低温度时引发聚丙烯腈原丝的氧化、环化放热反应 ,且能减缓放热效应 .     

丙烯腈与衣康酸在DMSO/H_2O中的聚合及聚合物性能表征

采用丙烯腈 (AN)与衣康酸 (IA)为共聚单体 ,以偶氮二异丁腈为引发剂在混合介质二甲基亚砜 水(DMSO H2 O)中自由基沉淀共聚合 ,合成了高分子量的聚丙烯腈 .通过正交设计方法研究了聚合反应条件 ,如反应温度、单体浓度、混合介质DMSO H2 O配比等对聚合反应的转化率的影响 ,还重点探讨了混合介质DMSO H2 O配比对转化率和粘均分子量的影响 .采用DSC ,TG ,IR等手段研究了PAN均聚物及 (PAN co IA)的结构与性能 .研究结果表明 ,增加反应温度 ,降低单体浓度 ,降低喂料AN IA配比中IA的含量 ,均有利于提高聚合反应的转化率 .AN与IA共聚反应的转化率随着反应介质中DMSO含量的增加而降低 ,同时聚合物的粘均分子量也降低 .对于喂料AN IA配比中IA含量相同的P(AN co IA)共聚物 ,高分子量P(AN co IA)共聚物比常规低分子量的放热峰起始温度低 ,放热峰宽     

Thermal decomposition of cerium oxalate and mixed cerium-gadolinium oxalates

Cerium oxalate and mixed cerium-gadolinium oxalates containing 20 and 50 mol% gadolinium were subjected to thermal decomposition. Thermal analysis showed that cerous oxalate is transformed to cerium oxide in two steps. The first step involves the endothermic removal of 10 mol of water, with a calculated activation energy of 78.2 kJ/mol. The second step involves the exothermic decomposition of the anhydrous oxalate, with an activation energy of 112.6 kJ/mol. The water content in the mixed cerium-gadolinium oxalates decreases with increasing gadolinium content, while the temperature of exothermic decomposition of the anhydrous oxalate increases with it.

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Zusammenfassung Zeroxalat und Zer-Gadolinium-Mischoxalat mit 20 bzw. 50 mol% Gadolinium wurden einer thermischen Zersetzung unterzogen. Die Thermoanalyse zeigte, da\ Zeroxalat in zwei Schritten in Zeroxid überführt wird. Der erste Schritt mit der Aktivierungsenergie von 78.2 kJ/mol besteht in der endothermen Abgabe von 10 mol Wasser. Der zweite Schritt mit der Aktivierungsenergie 112.6 kJ/mol umfa\t die exotherme Zersetzung des wasserfreien Oxalates. Der Wassergehalt der Zer-Gadolinium-Mischoxalate nimmt mit steigendem Gadoliniumgehalt ab und die Temperatur für den exothermen Zersetzungsvorgang der wasserfreien Oxalate nimmt mit steigendem Gadoliniumgehalt zu.

     

二乙基二烯丙基氯化铵均聚及其与丙烯酰胺或丙烯酸共聚动力学研究

采用膨胀计法研究了以过硫酸铵为引发剂,二乙基二烯丙基氯化铵(DEDAAC)在水溶液中的均聚及其与丙烯酰胺(AM)和丙烯酸(AA)共聚动力学,测定了相应的聚合表观活化能;采用元素分析法测定了DEDAAC分别与AM和AA在低转化率下共聚物的组成,并采用氯离子选择性电极法测定了DEDAAC-AM共聚物中的氯离子含量,按Kelen-Tudos方法求得了相应的竞聚率.结果表明,DEDAAC均聚速率方程为RP=k[M]0.99[I]0.76,表观活化能Ea=77.00kJ/mol,说明链终止为单基终止和双基终止并存,引发过程与单体浓度无关;DEDAAC与AM在摩尔比为4∶1时,共聚动力学方程为RP=[M]2.53[I]0.90,表观活化能Ea=67.06kJ/mol,单体竞聚率为rDE=0.31±0.02、rAM=5.27±0.53;DEDAAC与AA在摩尔比为4∶1时,共聚动力学方程为RP=k[M]2.94[I]0.83,表观活化能Ea=70.07kJ/mol,竞聚率为rDE=0.28±0.03、rAA=5.15±0.28;DEDAAC与AM和AA等共聚为非理想共聚,得到的产物均为无规共聚物.     

乙烯含量对抗冲丙烯共聚物等温结晶行为的影响

利用DSC研究了乙烯含量不同的4种抗冲丙烯共聚物的等温结晶动力学.结果表明4种样品在考察的温度范围内(126~130℃)的等温结晶动力学完全符合Avrami方程,并得到了不同结晶温度下Avrami方程的结晶动力学参数k,n和t1/2,随着样品中乙烯含量的增加,Avrami指数(n)随温度变化不大,样品的结晶过程可能属于三维扩散控制的成核增长,4种样品的结晶活化能ΔE在279.5~343.1 kJ/mol范围内,且随乙烯含量增加,结晶活化能增大,充分说明样品中的乙烯含量是影响其结晶活化能的主要因素.结晶分级分析测试结果显示,随着乙烯含量的增加,聚丙烯均聚物部分链结构规整性提高,结构规整、可结晶的长序列含量在减少,可见乙烯含量的变化规律直接决定上述参数的变化规律.     

Structural evolution of poly(acrylonitrile‐co‐dimethyl itaconate) copolymer during thermal oxidative stabilization

The structural evolution of poly(acrylonitrile‐co‐dimethyl itaconate) [P(AN‐DMI)] copolymer was investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in detail and compared with the polyacrylonitrile (PAN) homopolymer. The extent of cyclization reactions was calculated from the FTIR data. It was found that DMI comonomer had the ability to promote the cyclization reactions significantly at the temperature of 240°C, compared to the PAN homopolymer. The results of quantitative FTIR analysis in the range of 1000–1800 cm^?1 showed that the DMI comonomer not only promoted the cyclization reactions, but also facilitated the oxygen uptake reactions, especially the conjugated carbonyl group in an acridone ring in the ladder polymer chains, which proved that DMI comonomer had the potential ability to make successful thermal oxidative stabilization (TOS) process. The positive effects of DMI comonomer on TOS reactions and carbon yield were further confirmed by the dynamic thermogravimetry (TG) analysis. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Synthesis and characterization of poly (acrylonitrile‐co‐acrylic acid) as precursor of carbon nanofibers

Synthesis of a co‐polymer of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) producing a carbon nanofiber out of PAN and co‐polymer of PAN and comparison between these products were examined. Free‐radical solution copolymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) with acrylic acid (AA) was studied. In this perspective, AA, and AN were used as a precursor for polymerization reactions; then copolymers were synthesized by using ammonium persulfate (APS) as an oxidant and carried in water/dimethylformamide (DMF) mixture. These polymers were used to obtain corresponding electrospun nanofibers. Synthesized P(AN‐co‐AA) was investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy‐attenuated total reflection (FTIR‐ATR) spectroscopy, and characteristic peaks for AN unit, AA were achieved. Thermal behavior was examined by using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermal gravimetric analyzer (TGA), and results indicated that addition of monomers to AN unit reduced the Tg value of homopolymer PAN compared to P(AN‐co‐AA), which provides improvement to the cyclization and the formation of a thermally stable aromatic ladder polymer chain formation. In order to prevent the shrinkage and maintain the molecular orientation on nanofiber webs during stabilization, tension was applied to the samples, and thermal oxidation varies at 200–300°C for different duration of times. Surface morphology of the fibers was observed with scanning electron microscope (SEM), and average nanofiber diameter was found 550 nm, and after carbonization it was reduced to 320 nm for homopolymer PAN, and for poly(AN‐co‐AA) average nanofiber diameter was found as 220 nm and reduced to 130 nm, respectively. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Thermogravimetric study of some crosslinked copolymers based on poly(acrylonitrile-co-divinylbenzene)

Copolymer networks based on acrylonitrile (AN)/divinylbenzene (DVB) have been investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TG) to evaluate their thermal stability in nitrogen atmosphere. Thermal stability was determined from TG-DTG curves to investigate the influence of AN and DVB in the synthesis of copolymers on the copolymer thermal properties. The TG and DTG curves of copolymers clearly show two thermodegradation stages. The solid residues produced after thermodegradation stages were analyzed by FTIR and elemental analysis (CHN). The decomposition temperatures were dependent on amount of AN and DVB used as the crosslinking agent. The degradation temperatures of copolymers were influenced by the diluent system during their synthesis. FTIR analyses indicate that the cyclization of the polymer proceeds before any mass loss.     

THE MECHANISM OF CURE REACTION OF 4,4''''-DIAMINODIPHENYL METHANE WITH TETRAGLYCIDYL 4,4''''-DIAMINODIPHENYL METHANE EPOXY

The cure reaction of tetraglycidyl 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl methane (TGDDM) epoxy resin with 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl methane (DDM) has been studied by using DSC. Instead of one exothermic peak, two exothermic peaks, indicative of a complex reaction mechanism, are shown in the DSC curve of TGDDM-DDM mixtures in nonisothermal cure experiments when the content of DDM is lower than stoichiometric ratio. The result of the kinetic analysis of the cure reaction shows that the activation energy of the lower temperature exotherm peak is about 56 kJ/mol and that of the higher temperature exotherm peak is about 136 kJ/mol. The lower temperature cure reaction peak can be attributed to the primary amine-epoxide and secondary amine-epoxide reactions, and the higher temperature cure reaction peak can be attributed to the epoxide-hydroxy reaction under catalysis of tertiary amine in the TGDDM epoxy resin. Because the network density of the cured epoxy resin is determined by these two reactions, the content of DDM has little effect on the glass transition temperature of cured epoxy resin.     

Interactions in SMA-SAN blends

Styrene/maleic anhydride (SMA) and styrene/acrylonitrile (SAN) copolymers have previously been shown to form miscible blends when the MA and AN contents do not differ too greatly. It is shown here that this is the result of a weak exothermic interaction between the MA and AN units by measuring the heats of mixing for appropriate liquid analogs of the various monomer units. The region of copolymer compositions for miscibility of SMA-SAN blends is predicted from the Sanchez-Lacombe mixture theory using net interaction parameters calculated from the analog calorimetry results via a simple binary interaction model for copolymers. Lower critical solution temperature behavior was observed for blends of copolymers having compositions near the edge of the miscibility region. Various glass transition, volumetric, and FTIR results are discussed in terms of the interactions observed.     

Combination of TREF, high-temperature HPLC, FTIR and HPer DSC for the comprehensive analysis of complex polypropylene copolymers

A novel, powerful analytical technique, preparative temperature rising elution fractionation (prep TREF)/high-temperature (HT)-HPLC/Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)/high-performance differential scanning calorimetry (HPer DSC)), has been introduced to study the correlation between the polymer chain microstructure and the thermal behaviour of various components in a complex impact polypropylene copolymer (IPC). For the comprehensive analysis of this complex material, in a first step, prep TREF is used to produce less complex but still heterogeneous fractions. These chemically heterogeneous fractions are completely separated by using a highly selective chromatographic separation method—high-temperature solvent gradient HPLC. The detailed structural and thermal analysis of the HPLC fractions was conducted by offline coupling of HT-HPLC with FTIR spectroscopy and a novel DSC method—HPer DSC. Three chemically different components were identified in the mid-elution temperature TREF fractions. For the first component, identified as isotactic polypropylene homopolymer by FTIR, the macromolecular chain length is found to be an important factor affecting the melting and crystallisation behaviour. The second component relates to ethylene–propylene copolymer molecules with varying ethylene monomer distributions and propylene tacticity distributions. For the polyethylene component (last eluting component in all semi-crystalline TREF fractions), it was found that branching produced defects in the long crystallisable ethylene sequences that affected the thermal properties. The different species exhibit distinctively different melting and crystallisation behaviour, as documented by HPer DSC. Using this novel approach of hyphenated techniques, the chain structure and melting and crystallisation behaviour of different components in a complex copolymer were investigated systematically.

差示扫描量热法研究丙烯腈-衣康酸共聚物的热稳定化

应用差示扫描量热法(DSC)研究了衣康酸(IA)、气氛、升温速率对丙烯腈-衣康酸共聚物[P(AN-IA)]热稳定化的影响. IA能够显著降低放热峰起始温度、放热量和放热速率. P(AN-IA)共聚物的放热峰起始温度受气氛影响不大, 却随着IA含量的增加而明显降低, 表明在热稳定化过程中它可能首先以离子机理发生氰基环化反应, 再发生氧化反应. 提高升温速率会导致放热峰向高温偏移和放热速率加快. 采用Kissinger法计算了不同IA含量共聚物的热稳定化活化能, 结果表明IA可以有效降低活化能.