The crystallization of bisphenol‐A polycarbonate plasticized by trimellitic acid tridecyloctyl ester (Morflex 525) has been studied. A half‐crystallization time of 100 min is observed at 170°C with 10% of plasticizer compared with a figure of 18,000 min for the unplasticized material. The kinetic study is limited to the primary crystallization process which can be described by an Avrami equation; however, the Avrami coefficients are much higher than usual. Studies on the effect of the preparation procedure of the samples and of premelting indicate that nucleation is at least partially heterogeneous.
This paper concerns the action of plasticizers and nucleating agents on the crystallization of bisphenol‐A polycarbonate. The influence of plasticizers is to increase the rate of crystallization to a great extent using 10 percent of a plasticizer such as trimellitic acid, tridecyloctyl ester. The influence of nucleating substances on plasticized and undiluted polycarbonate is investigated. A large number of substances have been found capable of nucleating polycarbonate crystallization. The un‐plasticized semi‐crystalline polycarbonate is characterized by a much higher melting point (300°C) than the plasticized semi‐crystalline systems (210–245°C). The stability of bisphenol‐A polycarbonate in the presence of nucleating salts is also examined. We observe a substantial decrease in the molecular weight in the presence of a great number of nucleating substances. The modulus‐temperature curves of two semi‐crystalline polymers are reported in the last series of experiments.
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