ISSN:
1042-7147
Keywords:
Thermoplastic
;
Elastomers
;
Ordering
;
High temperature
;
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
Notes:
Synthesis of thermoplastic elastomers derived from poly-tetramethylene glycol (PTME glycol), dimethylterephthalate and different mixtures of ethylene and butylene glycol is described. Extended heating near the crystalline melting point of these systems leads to a measurable increase in the melting point of 15-20°C. This ordering process can be reversed by heating at 250°C or well above the melting point. These results are interpreted in terms of sequence ordering within existing crystallites via interchain transesterification on heating near the melting point. Heating at 250°C is best explained as randomization of the ordered ester units.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pat.1994.220050509
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