ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
A comparative study is undertaken of the dielectric relaxation spectra of poly(methyl acrylate), poly(ethyl acrylate), and poly(butyl acrylate), taking into consideration the spectra of the corresponding polymers in the series of the polymethacrylates. The three polymers, PMA, PEA, and PBA, present an α relaxation zone clearly separated from the secondary relaxations. Its shape is not altered with temperature, and it is possible to construct a master curve. With increasing length of the side chain, its distribution of relaxation times broadens and the temperature of the maximum of the relaxation decreases. A β relaxation with decreasing intensity as the length of the side chain increases is clearly perceptible in PMA and PEA, but almost not perceptible at all in PBA. In PEA this relaxation appears split into two peaks. Computer simulation of restricted motions of the side chain discard an origin similar to that of the γ relaxation in PPA or PBA for the lowest temperature component of the relaxation, and suggests the conjunction of two rotation mechanisms in this relaxation for the polyacrylates. For the experimental temperatures of our tests a γ relaxation shows up only in PBA. Its apparent activation energy, higher than in related polymers of the polymethacrylate series, suggests that the tighter packing of monomeric units in polyacrylates leads to a significant increase in the intermolecular contribution to the potential energy barrier responsible for the relaxation.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1989.070380612
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