Affiliation:
1. School of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, PR China
2. School of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guizhou 550001, China
Abstract
Chain extension was an effective method for increasing the molecular weight, the melt strength and the foaming property of linear polymer. In this paper, pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) was used as chain extender to improve these properties of linear poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET). The intrinsic viscosity, rheological and thermal characterizations of various PET samples was investigated. The results demonstrated that the increasement of the viscoelasticity at low frequencies was correlated to the raise of the intrinsic viscosity and the formation of long chain branching. These structural changes resulted in the decreasement of the crystallization temperature and melt temperature as well as the increase in the cold crystallization values with the increasing content of PMDA. The cellular morphology and expansion ratio of CEPET foams were also obviously improved by the introduction of PMDA. The expansion ratio of CEPET foam with the PMDA content of 1.0 phr would reach 31.78. In addition, the effect of the chain extension reaction time on the intrinsic viscosity, the rheological behavior, and foaming properties of PET were also studied. The results showed that the intrinsic viscosity, the rheological behavior, and the foamability of CEPET also decreased gradually with increasing chain extension reaction time, which should be attributed to the occurrence of more and more intense thermal degradation.
Subject
Organic Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics
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