Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of Nylon 10T and Nylon 10T/1010 copolymers:Effect of sebacic acid as a third comonomer

Nylon 10 T and Nylon 10T/1010 samples were synthesized by direct melt polymerization. The non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of Nylon 10 T and Nylon 10T/1010 was investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). Jeziorny equation and Mo equation were applied to describe the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of the Nylon 10 T and the Nylon 10T/1010. The activation energies for non-isothermal crystallization were obtained by Vyazovkin's method and Friedman's method, respectively. These results showed that Jeziorny equation and Mo equation well described the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of the Nylon 10 T and the Nylon 10T/1010. It was found that the values of the activation energy for non-isothermal crystallization of the Nylon 10T/1010 were lower than those of the Nylon 10 T at a given temperature or relative crystallinity degree,which revealed that crystallization ability of the Nylon 10T/1010 was higher. The crystal morphology was observed by means of a polarized optical microscope(POM) and X-ray diffraction(XRD). It was found that the addition of sebacic acid comonomer not only did not change the crystal form of the Nylon 10 T, but also significantly increased the number and decreased the size of spherulites. Comparing with the Nylon 10 T, the crystallization rate was increased with the addition of the sebacic acid comonomer.

Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Nylon 10T and Nylon 10T/1010 Copolymers:Effect of Sebacic Acid as a Third Comonomer

Nylon 10T and nylon 10T/1010 samples were synthesized by direct melt polymerization.The isothermal crystallization kinetics of nylon 10T and nylon 10T/1010 was investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry（DSC）.The crystallization kinetics under isothermal condition has been analyzed by the Avrami equation.It was found that the Avrami equation was well-suited to describe the isothermal crystallization kinetics,combined with the results of the Turnbull-Fisher equation.The values of Tm^0 and Kg were obtained by Hoffman-Weeks and Lauritzen-Hoffman equations,respectively.The activation energies for isothermal crystallization of nylon 10T and nylon 10T/1010 were determined using the Arrhenius equation and found to be-123.24 and-81.86 kJ·mol^（-1）,respectively,which reveals that the crystallization ability of nylon 10T/1010was lower than that of nylon 10T during the isothermal crystallization process.The crystal morphology was observed by means of polarized optical microscopy（POM）and X-ray diffraction（XRD）.It was found that the addition of sebacic acid comonomer did not change the crystal form of nylon 10T,but significantly increased the number and decreased the size of spherulites.

热氧老化对长玻纤增强尼龙10T复合材料静动态力学性能的影响

通过熔融共混法制备出长玻纤增强尼龙10T(LGF/PA10T)复合材料,并且采用DSC、DMA、SEM和力学性能测试等方法研究了不同热氧老化时间对LGF/PA10T复合材料静、动态力学性能的影响,并对LGF/PA10T复合材料发生玻璃化转变时所需活化能进行了计算。结果表明:虽然在老化初期PA10T分子链之间会发生微交联,材料的刚性略有增加,但在整个老化过程中,分子链断裂、分子量下降起主导作用,在240℃下老化50d后,LGF/PA10T复合材料的拉伸强度保持率、弯曲强度保持率、缺口冲击强度保持率分别为4.9%、6.3%、9.4%。随着老化时间的增长,玻纤与PA10T基体之间的界面粘接作用减弱,玻璃化转变温度和阻尼性能下降。活化能计算结果表明热氧老化能够改变PA10T分子链的活动能力,降低了LGF/PA10T复合材料的热稳定性。