ISSN:
0360-6376
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The differential scanning calorimetry studies have shown that high-molecular linear poly(diethylsiloxane) can exist in two high-temperature polymorphs which melt at 280 and 290 K. The heats of fusion of the high-temperature polymorphs are 17 and 21 J/g, respectively. Each of the high-temperature forms arises from the corresponding low-temperature form the corresponding low-temperature form when the polymer is heated: the first at 214 K (transition heat is 28 J/g) and the second at 206 K (transition heat is 26 J/g). The mesophase formed from the molten high-temperature crystalline phases melts in a rather broad temperature range of 290 to 327 K, and the heat of this transition is 2.7 J/g. Crystallization of poly(diethylsiloxane) from the mesomorphic and the supercooled amorphous state is different. In the first case, apparently, the whole mesophase is converted to the crystalline phase and the samples have a crystallinity near 1. In the second case the crystallinity is only ca. 0.3. The temperature range in which the mesophase melts depends on the molecular weight of the polymer, presence of crosslinks and the conditions under which it has been formed, e.g., temperature.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1984.170221201
