ISSN:
0449-2978
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Dynamic mechanical properties determined with a torsion pendulum were used to ascertain the glass transition temperature Tg of poly-ε-caprolactone. By measurements on compatible blends of poly-ε-caprolactone and poly(vinyl chloride), the Tg of amorphous poly-ε-caprolactone was shown to be 202°K at about 1 cps. This is 16°K lower than the Tg of annealed, crystalline polymer. The blend transition data were well fitted by both the Fox and the Gordon-Taylor expressions. The Fox expression was also used to describe the decrease from 233°K of the secondary low-temperature relaxation due to poly(vinyl chloride) by assuming the low temperature relaxation of poly-ε-caprolactone, 138°K, was responsible for the decrease in the blends. The 138°K relaxation due to poly-ε-caprolactone was decreased when more than 50% poly(vinyl chloride) was present.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1969.160070505
