Isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of novel odd-odd polyamide 9 11

A study on isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of odd-odd polyamide 9 11 was carried out by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The equilibrium melting temperature of polyamide 9 11 was determined to be 199.1 °C. The Avrami equation was adopted to describe isothermal crystallization of polyamide 9 11. Nonisothermal crystallization was analyzed using both the Avrami relation modified by Jeziorny and the equation suggested by Mo. The isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization activation energies of polyamide 9 11 were determined to be −310.9 and −269.0 kJ/mol using the Arrhenius equation and the Kissinger method, respectively.