PREPARATION OF SMALL POLY(BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) SPHERES BY CRYSTALLIZATION FROM SOLUTION

被引:20
作者
NICHOLS, ME [1 ]
ROBERTSON, RE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MICHIGAN,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
关键词
CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATION; SPHERULITES; LIQUID LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION;
D O I
10.1002/polb.1994.090320319
中图分类号
O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The crystallization of poly (butylene terephthalate) (PBT) from moderately dilute solutions of PBT in a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A epoxy has been investigated. PBT dissolves in this epoxy approximately 35-degrees-C below its usual melting temperature of 227-degrees-C to form a one-phase solution. Cooling this solution below 165-degrees-C leads to rapid crystallization of the PBT. The resulting mixture of liquid epoxy and crystalline PBT has a low viscosity and contains highly birefringent, individual PBT spherulites. The PBT spherulites have a narrow size distribution and a high surface-to-volume ratio. These particles are suggested to arise from a rapid crystallization that follows liquid-liquid phase separation. (C) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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