ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
polyethylene
;
glass transition
;
TSDC
;
γ transition
;
β transition
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
New thermally stimulated depolarization currents (TSDC) results on LLD polyethylene functionalized with diethylmaleate polar groups are precisely computer fitted with the direct signal analysis technique. It is shown that the TSDC spectrum consists, with increasing temperatures, of a sub-γ peak, a sharp γ peak, and a β and an α relaxation. The first peak is analyzed in terms of Arrhenius relaxation times, whereas the γ and β transitions could only be fitted by using Vogel-Fulcher temperature dependence for the relaxation times. The best value for To obtained from both fittings is 69.7 K. This is a quantitative proof for the identification of the γ transition as one of the dielectric manifestations of the glass-rubber transition for polyethylenes, Tg = 136.5 K, which has been discussed extensively in the literature. The β relaxation, Tgβ = 237 K, has also the expected characteristic of a glass transition; the existence of two Tgs in polyethylene could explain our results. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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