Mechanical Property and Crystal Structure of Poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide)(PPTA) Fibers during Heat Treatment under Tension

The relationship between property and structure of poly( p-phenylene terephthalamide)( PPTA) was investigated for the purpose of obtaining products with better performance. PPTA fiber subjected to heat treatment under different conditions was intensively studied. Simultaneous wide-angle X-ray diffraction( WAXD) technique was introduced to study the changes of crystal structure. It was found that the tensile modulus was strongly sensitive to the levels of temperature and tension. The structure parameters including crystal size and crystal orientation after heat treatment evolve similarly to the tensile modulus,indicating a direct structure-property relationship. The lattic c-dimension increases after heat treatment and is greatly affected by the tension. An optimal temperature can be found around 400 ℃,where big change can happen in the crystal structure due to α-relaxation in the crystal region as supported in dynamic mechanical analysis( DMA).

含氯聚对苯二甲酰对苯二胺纤维的结构与性能

以邻氯对苯二胺(Cl-PPD)与对苯二甲酰氯(TPC)为单体,在N-甲基吡咯烷酮(NMP)/氯化钙(Ca Cl2)或氯化锂(Li Cl)体系中进行低温溶液聚合,合成了含氯聚对苯二甲酰对苯二胺(Cl-PPTA)溶液,直接进行湿法纺丝,制备了Cl-PPTA纤维。采用旋转流变仪测试了Cl-PPTA溶液的流变性能,利用傅里叶变换红外光谱、扫描电子显微镜、热失重分析、纤维强伸度仪、声速取向测量仪、氧指数测定仪对Cl-PPTA纤维的结构及性能进行了表征。结果表明:相比于NMP/Ca Cl2体系,NMP/Li Cl体系的Cl-PPTA溶液黏度更低,所制得的纤维其表面更光滑、结构更致密,纤维力学性能也较好;热处理后两种纤维力学性能均得到进一步改善;两种Cl-PPTA纤维具有较好的热稳定性,其阻燃性能均远高于PPTA纤维。