Study on Glass Transition Temperature of Polyvinylamine Hydrochloride

Abstract

Polyvinylamine (PVAm) was synthesized by Hofmann degradation of polyacrylamide (PAM). The thermal properties of the Polyvinylamine hydrochloride (PVAm•HCl) were studied by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The degradation rate (a) decreased with increasing weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of PAM and decreasing amount of NaOH, and a were the better values when the concentration of PAM was 5% and the amount of NaClO was 10 mL. DSC curves showed that the glass transition temperature (Tg) of PVAm•HCl increased with increasing Mw of PAM, concentration of NaClO and decreasing concentration of NaOH. Tg of PVAm•HCl appeared the minimum value when the concentration of PAM was 5.0%.