Preparation and characterization of poly(m-xylylene oxamide) and its copolymer |
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| Authors: | Fredrick Nzioka Mutua Zhongling Wu Yusheng Dong |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Donghua University Center for Civil Aviation Composites, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China;2. State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China |
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| Abstract: | New polyoxamides, poly(m-xylylene oxamide) (PMXD2) and its copolymer with 2-methyl-1,5- pentanediamine (P(MXD2/M52)) with relative viscosity up to 4.6 were synthesized via spray/solid state polymerization. The obtained polyoxamides were characterized by FTIR, NMR, WAXD, DSC and TGA. The Tm of the copolymers decreased with increasing percentage of poly(2-methyl-1,5- pentaneoxamide) (PM52) in the copolymer from 346°C for 100% poly(meta-xylyleneoxamide) (PMXD2) to 277°C for copolymers of PMXD/PM52 (60/40). TGA analysis revealed that the thermal stability of the copolymers compared well with commercial PA6 and XRD studies suggested the copolymers possessed high crystallinity. DMA profile of the PMXD/PM52 (70/30) copolymer showed better mechanical performance with a storage modulus of about 7.2 GPa as compared to 1.8 GPa of PA6 at 25°C. |
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| Keywords: | spray polymerization copolyoxamides characterization melting temperature crystallinity |
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