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Title: Hygrothermal behavior of polybenzimidazole

Abstract

Poly[2,2’-(m-phenylene)-5,5’-bibenzimidazole] (PBI) is used in extremely high temperature harsh environment applications. It is a unique engineering material that is formed into parts by powder-sintering at temperatures as high as 500 °C. Recently, ever increasing demands for high temperature polymers have led to significant interest in PBI such that engineering guidelines could be established for its application in high temperature and highly humid environments. The goal of this work was to understand the material science of PBI in hot-wet environments at temperatures up to 288 °C. Thermal gravimetric analysis and mass spectrometry were employed to identify the degraded volatile products. The molecular scale damping behavior of PBI was probed using dynamic mechanical analysis. The changes in tensile properties and fracture toughness due to environmental exposure were also characterized. Upon heating above 250 °C, moisture-containing PBI exhibits obvious molecular structure change. Evidence of crosslinking and degradation is observed. With 288 °C hot water treatment severe degradation of PBI is observed. As a result, fundamental structure-property relationships of PBI affected by these higher temperature, high moisture content environments are discussed.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  2. Hoerbiger Corp. of America, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
  3. TA Instruments - Waters, LLC, New Castle, DE (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1394601
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Polymer
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0032-3861
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Polybenzimidazole; Degradation; Moisture absorption; Mechanical properties

Citation Formats

Liu, Peng, Mullins, Michael, Bremner, Tim, Browne, James A., and Sue, Hung -Jue. Hygrothermal behavior of polybenzimidazole. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2016.04.020.
Liu, Peng, Mullins, Michael, Bremner, Tim, Browne, James A., & Sue, Hung -Jue. Hygrothermal behavior of polybenzimidazole. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.04.020
Liu, Peng, Mullins, Michael, Bremner, Tim, Browne, James A., and Sue, Hung -Jue. Mon . "Hygrothermal behavior of polybenzimidazole". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.04.020. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1394601.
@article{osti_1394601,
title = {Hygrothermal behavior of polybenzimidazole},
author = {Liu, Peng and Mullins, Michael and Bremner, Tim and Browne, James A. and Sue, Hung -Jue},
abstractNote = {Poly[2,2’-(m-phenylene)-5,5’-bibenzimidazole] (PBI) is used in extremely high temperature harsh environment applications. It is a unique engineering material that is formed into parts by powder-sintering at temperatures as high as 500 °C. Recently, ever increasing demands for high temperature polymers have led to significant interest in PBI such that engineering guidelines could be established for its application in high temperature and highly humid environments. The goal of this work was to understand the material science of PBI in hot-wet environments at temperatures up to 288 °C. Thermal gravimetric analysis and mass spectrometry were employed to identify the degraded volatile products. The molecular scale damping behavior of PBI was probed using dynamic mechanical analysis. The changes in tensile properties and fracture toughness due to environmental exposure were also characterized. Upon heating above 250 °C, moisture-containing PBI exhibits obvious molecular structure change. Evidence of crosslinking and degradation is observed. With 288 °C hot water treatment severe degradation of PBI is observed. As a result, fundamental structure-property relationships of PBI affected by these higher temperature, high moisture content environments are discussed.},
doi = {10.1016/j.polymer.2016.04.020},
journal = {Polymer},
number = C,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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