화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.73, No.8, 1441-1449, 1999
Effect of thermal history on properties of block-copolyetheresters with poly(tetramethylene 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate) segments
The effect of compression molding on the thermal transitions and crystalline properties of block-copolyetheresters with hard segments of poly(tetramethylene 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate) and soft segments of poly(tetramethylene oxide) were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction, thermal stimulated current (TSC), and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The X-ray diffraction patterns of compression molded samples of the block-copolymers were considerably different from those of the corresponding samples with slow-cooling history. After compression molding, the diffraction peaks were changed completely indicating a different crystalline structure for the polyester segments, and the diffraction peaks became sharper indicating a higher crystallinity. The DSC results also showed that the melting point and crystallinity of the polyester segments were increased after compression molding. The glass transition temperatures of the polyether soft phase and polyester hard phase also were determined by DSC, TSC, and DMA separately with consistent data and were found to be dependent on the content of polyether segments and the molecular weight of the poly(tetramethylene ether)glycol (PTMEG) used. A gamma-transition was observed by TSC and DMA and seemed to be independent of the composition and the thermal history. The glass transition temperatures of the polyether soft phase and the polyester hard phase of the bloch-copolymers derived from PTMEG 650 and PTMEG 1000 shifted to a lower temperature after compression molding possibly because of the partial miscibility between the comprising segments in these two series. The abrupt drop in log G' in the temperature range of -10-15 degrees C for the block-copolymers derived from PTMEG 2000 was caused by the melting of the polyether segments and indicated that the crystalline properties of the polyether segments could affect their mechanical properties.