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The onset of thermal degradation dictates the maximum temperature at which a polymer can be used. It is an important limitation in how the polymer is manufactured and processed. For instance, polymers become less viscous at higher temperatures which makes injection moulding easier and faster, but thermal degradation places a ceiling temperature ...
Crystallization affects optical, mechanical, thermal and chemical properties of the polymer. The degree of crystallinity is estimated by different analytical methods and it typically ranges between 10 and 80%, with crystallized polymers often called "semi-crystalline". The properties of semi-crystalline polymers are determined not only by the ...
Unlike classical polymer melts, whose flow properties are largely dependent on friction between monomers, vitrimers become a viscoelastic fluid because of exchange reactions at high temperatures as well as monomer friction. [11] These two processes have different activation energies, resulting in a wide
Polymer degradation is the reduction in the physical properties of a polymer, such as strength, caused by changes in its chemical composition. Polymers and particularly plastics are subject to degradation at all stages of their product life cycle , including during their initial processing, use, disposal into the environment and recycling. [ 1 ]
Perfectly isotactic PP has a melting point of 171 °C (340 °F). Commercial isotactic PP has a melting point that ranges from 160 to 166 °C (320 to 331 °F), depending on atactic material and crystallinity. Syndiotactic PP with a crystallinity of 30% has a melting point of 130 °C (266 °F). [8] Below 0 °C, PP becomes brittle. [9]
Solid materials typically have one melting point, the T m, above which the material loses internal molecular ordering and becomes a liquid. Polymers have both a melting temperature T m and a glass transition temperature T g. Above the T m, the polymer chains lose their molecular ordering and exhibit reptation, or mobility.
Polymer melts exhibit different deformation mechanisms when subjected to shear or tensile stresses. For example, a polymer melt’s ductility can increase when a stimulus, such as light, causes fragmentation of the polymer chains through bond breaking. This process is known as chain scission. [23]
As for stereoregularity, PVF is mostly atacic, but this does not significantly affect the melting point. The commercial atactic PVF film shows a melting point peak at 190 °C. [3] [4] [5] Several transition phases occur below the melting point, mainly at lower T g from -15 to ‑20 °C, and at upper T g with the temperature range of 40 to 50 ...