Relationship between morphology and glass-rubber relaxation in solvent-crystallized poly(aryl ether ketones)
- Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
The relationship between crystal lamellar structure and glass-rubber relaxation behavior has been examined for solvent- and thermally-crystallized poly (aryl ether ketones). The thermal crystallization of poly (ether ether ketone) [PEEK] leads to a positive offset in the glass transition temperature of 10{degrees}C to 15{degrees}C as compared to a wholly-amorphous (quenched) sample owing to the constraint imposed on the amorphous PEEK segments by the crystallites. The degree of constraint is a function of the crystallization conditions, with less restrictive conditions (e.g., higher cold-crystallization temperatures) leading to a progressive decrease in T{sub g}. Small-angle X-ray scattering measurements reported by Jonas and Legras indicate an inverse relationship between amorphous interlayer thickness and glass transition temperature for thermally-crystallized PEEK specimens, with higher crystallization temperatures resulting in a larger interlayer spacing and correspondingly lower T{sub g}. Solvent-crystallized PEEK samples display relaxation temperatures which are significantly higher as compared to thermally-crystallized PEEK of comparable bulk crystallinity. SAXS measurements reveal a much smaller crystal long spacing (d) for the solvent-crystallized samples. The relationship between T{sub g} and long spacing is consistent with a linear extrapolation of the thermal crystallization values. Annealing of the solvent-crystallized specimens at 300{degrees}C leads to crystal reorganization and an increase in the measured long spacing, with a corresponding decrease in T{sub g}. Results for solvent-crystallized poly (ether ketone ketone) [PEKK] are similar to those obtained for PEEK, with a considerable offset in T{sub g} measured for all samples exposed to solvent crystallization.
- OSTI ID:
- 602911
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961108-; TRN: 98:001968-0054
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Chicago, IL (United States), 10-15 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 1996 First joint topical conference on processing, structure and properties of polymeric materials; PB: 594 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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