Mechanical properties and morphologies of nylon 11/ethylene‐octene copolymer blends have been investigated. The ethylene‐octene copolymer (POE) employed in this study was grafted with maleic anhydride (MAH) and thus has the potential to react with the amine group of nylon 11. Nylon 11/POE‐g‐MAH and nylon 11/POE/POE‐g‐MAH blends with varying MAH graft ratios were prepared. In this paper, the effect of MAH graft ratio on ductile‐brittle transition temperature (DBTT), mechanical properties, and morphology of blends was studied. The results showed that incorporation of POE‐g‐MAH could remarkably improve the compatibility between the nylon and POE elastomers, thus increasing the toughness of the resultant blends. The compatibilizing effect on impact strength became more pronounced with increasing MAH graft ration. DBTTs of blends were initially lowered dramatically with the increasing maleic anhydride graft ratio, but over 0.56% MAH content, DBTTs of blends did not drop further, while tensile strength and tensile modulus dropped slightly because of the decreased glass transition temperature (Tg) of nylon 11/POE blends, resulting from the increased compatibility between the two phases. The role of MAH graft ratio on the POE particle size and dispersion of POE on nylon 11 matrix was also studied.
Wetspun nascent PAN fibers were immersed into a DMSO/H 2 O coagulation bath. Diffusion of DMSO from nascent fiber and that of H 2 O into nascent fiber were studied at different temperatures and concentrations of coagulation bath. The diffusion coefficient of H 2 O is larger than that of DMSO. As the coagulation bath temperature increased, the diffusion coefficients of DMSO and H 2 O increased. Diffusion activation energy of DMSO is smaller than that of H 2 O during the diffusion. Cross sectional and surface structure of nascent PAN fiber were observed in relation to coagulation ability (the product of diffusion coefficients of two solvents). Coagulation ability was found to have a significant influence on both the cross sectional and surface morphology of nascent fiber. To obtain nascent fiber with circular cross sectional and smooth surface morphology, coagulation ability should be controlled at low value.
The nucleophilic substitution reaction of poly(dichlorophosphazene) with sodium 2-methoxyethoxide and glycine ethyl ester has been studied in detail. Polymers prepared with different methods have been characterized by 1 H NMR, and the results reveal that the addition sequence of the two nucleophilic reagents is an important factor in determining the structure of the resultant polymer. If alkyl ether is added first, the subsequently introduced amino acid ester not only reacts with residual PÀ ÀCl but also attacks the alkyl ether side units present by replacing either the whole group or just À ÀOCH 3 . As a result, a new kind of side group (À ÀOCH 2 CH 2 NHCH 2 COOC 2 H 5 ) can be detected in the macromolecule. To obtain polymers with desired compositions {poly[(methoxyethoxy) x (ethylglycino) yphosphazene]}, the amino acid ester should be introduced initially to react with poly(dichlorophosphazene), and it should be followed by the alkyl ether. # 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 2417-2425, 2005
Supertough nylon 11 is prepared by using a plasticizer. The influence of plasticizers on the impact property and tensile properties of plasticized nylon 11 were investigated. The results show that the impact strength is improved remarkably by methylbenzene sulfonamide, and the tensile strength is almost the same as that of natural‐grade nylon 11. The study of the fracture morphology on plasticized supertough nylon 11 indicates that the fracture surface of plasticized supertough nylon 11 has a special feature, which is different from the fracture surface of general ductile polymer materials. It is similar to that of a multilayer distorted lamellar structure. There are many oriented fibrillar clusters on each layer, which are perpendicular to the impact direction. This was a new breaking phenomenon, which is found on supertough nylon 11. In regard to the experimental results, a “multilayer crack extension” mechanism is put forward. The fracture of supertough nylon 6 also verified this mechanism. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 83: 1600–1607, 2002
Supertough nylon 11 is prepared by using a plasticizer. The influence of plasticizers on the impact property and tensile properties of plasticized nylon 11 were investigated. The results show that the impact strength is improved remarkably by methylbenzene sulfonamide, and the tensile strength is almost the same as that of natural-grade nylon 11. The study of the fracture morphology on plasticized supertough nylon 11 indicates that the fracture surface of plasticized supertough nylon 11 has a special feature, which is different from the fracture surface of general ductile polymer materials. It is similar to that of a multilayer distorted lamellar structure. There are many oriented fibrillar clusters on each layer, which are perpendicular to the impact direction. This was a new breaking phenomenon, which is found on supertough nylon 11. In regard to the experimental results, a "multilayer crack extension" mechanism is put forward. The fracture of supertough nylon 6 also verified this mechanism.
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