ISSN:
0449-2978
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Polypropylene film was biaxially stretched in one step in air at 140°C or 152°C, and the deformation was studied optically. A linear relation held between Δnss and vA-½ for vA 〉 10, at both temperatures, where Δnss is the birefringence with respect to the normal to the film and vA is the degree of stretching expressed as the factor by which the area of the film is increased. Extrapolation of data in this linear region yielded a value of 20 × 10-3 for -Δnss at infinite vA. Since it is presumed that the polypropylene molecules lie completely parallel to the film surface when the film is stretched infinitely, -Δnss at vA-½ = 0 must be just half Δn°, the intrinsic birefringence in the case of completely parallel orientation. Thus, Δn° must be 40 × 10-3. This value was obtained experimentally in uniaxial stretching when the birefringence with respect to the direction of drawing was extrapolated to infinite extension. Similar relations held between np, the average of the refractive indices in the two stretching directions, and vA, and between nss, the index normal to the film, and vA. By similar extrapolations, (1/2)(n′γ + n′β) and n′β = n*α′ were estimated, and thence nα′ was obtained. Here, n′α and n′β are the refractive indices along the c axis (molecular chain axis) and b axis. All these optical parameters refer to a density of 0.900 g/cm3. Hence by applying a density correction to those values, the principal refractive indices and the intrinsic birefringence of polypropylene crystal were evaluated as follows: nα = 1.5522, nβ = n*α = 1.5106 and Δnc° = 4.16 × 10-3, where n*α is the refractive index prependicular to the b and c axes of the crystal.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1970.160080910
