Thermal properties of polyamides containing 1,3–cyclohexane rings |
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Authors: | Kazuo Inoue Sadao Hoshino |
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Abstract: | The effect of the 1,3–cyclohexane rings in the chain backbone on thermal properties of polyamides, especially the glass-transition temperature, has been studied using polyamides based on 1,3–cyclohexanebis(methylamine). The increase in glass-transition temperature was far greater than that obtained with the analogous polymers containing m–benzene rings. However, the effects of 1,4–cyclohexane and p-benzene rings are nearly equal. Several possible causes for this difference are examined. It is concluded that restricted chain mobility due to steric hindrance of the cis-1,3–cyclohexane ring, the predominant isomer, is the most likely cause of the difference. |
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