ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
rigid rod polymer
;
thermotropic
;
aromatic polyester
;
fiber
;
modulus
;
crystal structure
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Fiber spinning and mechanical properties of four rigid polyesters with alkoxy substituents of different length and placement were evaluated. Properties of oriented fibers from the polymer with dodecyloxy substituents on the terephthalate moiety, PTA12HQ, were significantly affected by the crystal modification. At room temperature the following properties (tensile modulus E, tensile strength σb, and strain at break εb) could be obtained: E = 9.5 GPa, σb = 85 MPa and εb = 1.1% for phase Lf (the “frozen in layered mesophase”); E = 10.4 GPa, σb = 59 MPa and εb = 0.6% for modification A; E = 17.3 GPa, σb = 158 MPa and εb = 1.2% for modification B. Because of the higher amount of main chains per cross sectional area the polymer with hexyloxy side chains, PTA6HQ, showed better properties at a comparable degree of molecular orientation: E = 24 GPa, σb = 270 MPa, εb = 1.4%. Fibers obtained from the polyester with dodecyloxy substituents on the hydroquinone moiety, PTAHQ12, were too brittle to handle. The polyester with dodecyloxy substituents on both moieties, PTA12HQ12, was spun from the isotropic melt. Because of the obtained low degree of orientation, properties (E = 1 GPa, σb = 40 MPa, and εb = 6.3%) were governed by interactions between the chains (the main chains are not load-bearing). © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
15 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.1993.090311209
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