Relation of glass transition temperature to the hydrogen bonding degree and energy in poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) blends with hydroxyl-containing plasticizers: 3. Analysis of two glass transition temperatures featured for PVP solutions in liquid poly(ethylene glycol)

Polymer ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1819-1834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail M. Feldstein ◽  
Alexandra Roos ◽  
Cédrick Chevallier ◽  
Costantino Creton ◽  
Elena E. Dormidontova
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 526-535
Author(s):  
Benaniba Mohamed Tahar ◽  
Aouachria Kamira

Blends of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) with various contents (0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 weight %) and with different molecular weights (M¯w = 1000, 4000 and 6000 g/mol), called respectively PEG1, PEG2, and PEG3 were prepared by melt blending. Since glass transition temperature (Tg), T? and loss factor (tan ?) are relevant indicators of polymer chain mobility, plasticization has been studied by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Low molecular weight (LMW) PEG enable increased miscibility with PLA and more efficient reduction of glass transition temperature (Tg) for concentrations of PEG less than 20%. This effect is not only enhanced by the LMW but also by increasing its content up to 20%. As expected, both T? and Tg decrease when increasing PEG molar mass and content up to 20%, which demonstrates the effectiveness of PEG to act as a plasticizer of PLA.


1966 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 881-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joginder Lal ◽  
Kenneth W. Scott

Abstract The glass transition temperatures of high molecular weight poly (vinyl n-alkyl ethers) decrease with increasing length of the n-alkyl group. On lengthening the n-alkyl group, 14 per cent of the specific volume increase is free volume. Branching or substitution in the alkyl group of the polymer increases the Tg value. A comparison of poly (vinyl n-alkyl ethers) and polymers of normal α-olefins shows that an ether group and a methylene group in the side chain are equivalent in influencing the glass transition temperature. We have varied systematically the side chain alkyl group in poly (vinyl alkyl ethers) and evaluated at 3 different temperatures the influence of these variations on the dynamic properties of the vulcanizates of these polymers. The relative position of the curves, relating dynamic resilience to dynamic modulus of these polymers, is generally in the order of their glass transition temperatures. The dynamic mechanical property data on poly (vinyl n-pentyl ether) and poly (vinyl 2-ethylhexyl ether), which have the same glass transition temperature, fall on a common curve characteristic of the temperature of measurement. Apparently, the Tg is a major factor in correlating the dynamic mechanical behavior of these elastomers. The size and shape of the alkyl group appear to be reflected primarily in their effect on the Tg. Polysulfidic crosslinks are not essential for the attainment of high tensile strength in natural rubber vulcanizates cured with a sulfur-diphenylguanidine system. Data for the samples which had lost significant amounts of polysulfidic crosslinks by reaction with triphenylphosphine fitted a curve of tensile strength as a function of 300 per cent modulus for the control samples.


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