TG and DSC as tools to analyse the thermal behaviour of EVA copolymers

2021 ◽  
pp. 009524432098816
Author(s):  
E Díez ◽  
A Rodríguez ◽  
JM Gómez ◽  
J Galán
Keyword(s):  
Vinyl Acetate ◽  
Thermal Behaviour ◽  
Isothermal Crystallization ◽  
Amorphous Polymer ◽  
Polymer Backbone ◽  
Avrami Model ◽  
Melting Temperatures ◽  
Melting And Crystallization Temperatures ◽  
Melting And Crystallization ◽  
Eva Copolymers

This paper analyses the thermal behaviour of six EVA copolymers supplied by REPSOL Company. In relation to crystallization and melting temperatures, both of them decrease when the vinyl acetate percentage increases, in agreement with the fact that polyethylene is a semi-crystalline material, whereas polyvinylacetate is an amorphous polymer. Actually, when the vinyl acetate percentage reaches 30%, the copolymer is practically amorphous. The non-isothermal crystallization was modelled with the modified Avrami model that showed, with the exception of EVA-460 (the material with higher vinyl acetate percentage), the presence of a secondary crystallization due to spherulite impingement in the later stage of the non-isothermal crystallization. The TG analysis indicated two weight loss stages, the first one due to acetic acid loss and the second one due to fragments of polymer backbone, which appear as two separate peaks in the DTG plots. Finally, due to the linear dependence of melting and crystallization temperatures and of the minimum value of DTG peaks on vinyl acetate percentage, it can be concluded that both TG and DSC techniques can be employed to determine the vinyl acetate percentage of a certain copolymer.

Engineering the microstructure of milk fat by blending binary and ternary mixtures of its fractions

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (47) ◽  
pp. 41189-41194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pere R. Ramel ◽  
Alejandro G. Marangoni
Keyword(s):  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Crystallization Kinetics ◽  
Isothermal Crystallization ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Ternary Mixtures ◽  
Avrami Model ◽  
Binary And Ternary Mixtures ◽  
Milk Fat Fractions ◽  
Kinetics Of

The microstructure and crystallization kinetics of binary and ternary mixtures of milk fat fractions during isothermal crystallization at 5, 15, and 20 °C were characterized using polarized light microscopy and the Avrami model.

scholarly journals Restructuring polymers via nanoconfinement and subsequent release

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1318-1332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan E Tonelli
Keyword(s):  
Small Molecule ◽  
Polymer Chains ◽  
Crystalline Lattice ◽  
Host Molecule ◽  
Nanostructured Polymers ◽  
Narrow Channels ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Melting And Crystallization Temperatures ◽  
Melting And Crystallization

During the past several years my students and I have been utilizing certain small-molecule hosts to create nanostructured polymers. This is accomplished by first forming noncovalently bonded inclusion complexes (ICs) between these small-molecule hosts and guest polymers, followed by the careful removal of the host crystalline lattice to obtain a coalesced bulk polymer. We have repeatedly observed that such coalesced polymer samples behave distinctly from those produced from their solutions or melts. Coalesced amorphous homopolymers exhibit higher glass-transition temperatures, while crystallizable homopolymers coalesced from their ICs display higher melting and crystallization temperatures, and sometimes different crystalline polymorphs. When ICs are formed with block copolymers or with two or more different homopolymers, the resulting coalesced samples can exhibit intimate mixing between the copolymer blocks, or between entire homopolymer chains. Each of the distinct behaviors observed for polymers coalesced from their ICs is a consequence of the structural organization of the polymer–host-ICs. Polymer chains in host-IC crystals are confined to occupy narrow channels (diameter ~0.5–1.0 nm) formed by the small-molecule hosts around the included guest polymers during IC crystallization. This results in the separation and high extension of the included guest polymer chains, which leads, following the careful removal of the host molecule lattice, to unique behaviors for the bulk coalesced polymer samples. Apparently, substantial degrees of the extended and unentangled natures of the IC-included chains are retained upon coalescence. In this review we summarize the behaviors and uses of coalesced polymers, and attempt to draw conclusions on the relationship between their behavior and the organization/structures/conformations of the constituent polymer chains achieved upon coalescence from their ICs.

Synthesis and characterisation of propene / higher 1-olefin copolymers with the catalyst system (CH3)2Si(2-methylbenz[e]indenyl)2ZrCl2/MAO

e-Polymers ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Brüll ◽  
Nyambeni Luruli ◽  
Harald Pasch ◽  
Helgard G. Raubenheimer ◽  
E. Rotimi Sadiku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Catalyst System ◽  
Crystallization Behaviour ◽  
Random Copolymers ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Melting And Crystallization Temperatures ◽  
Comonomer Content ◽  
Melting And Crystallization

Abstract The melting and crystallization behaviour of random copolymers of propene with 1-butene, 1-pentene and 1-hexene synthesized with the catalyst system (CH3)2Si(2-methylbenz[e]indenyl)2ZrCl2/methylaluminoxane (MAO) were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and crystallization analysis fractionation (CRYSTAF). The melting and crystallization temperatures decreased linearly with increasing comonomer content. The depressions of the melting and crystallization temperatures are strongly dependent on the nature of the monomer and are more pronounced for copolymers of propene with 1-hexene than with 1-butene. In comparison to 1-hexene and 1-butene, the incorporation of 1-pentene leads to an intermediate behaviour. This is in contrast to the behaviour of copolymers of propene with longer chain 1-olefins, where the melting and crystallization temperatures are independent of the comonomer type. The depressant effects of the amount of comonomer incorporated on the melting and the crystallization temperatures are equal.

Melting and crystallization of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers

1974 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1854-1860
Author(s):  
Ye.L. Vinogradov ◽  
M.A. Martynov ◽  
T.N. Sarminskaya ◽  
Ye.A. Leosko
Keyword(s):  
Vinyl Acetate ◽  
Ethylene Vinyl Acetate ◽  
Melting And Crystallization

Comparative study of the crystallization behavior and morphologies of carbon and glass fiber reinforced poly(ether ether ketone) composites

2020 ◽  
pp. 096739112096510
Author(s):  
Pan Wang ◽  
Qing Lin ◽  
Yaming Wang ◽  
Chuntai Liu ◽  
Changyu Shen
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Isothermal Crystallization ◽  
Crystallization Behavior ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Avrami Model ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced

This work aims to perform a systematic investigation on the crystallization behavior and morphologies of carbon and glass fiber reinforced PEEK. The nonisothermal and isothermal crystallization behavior was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The resultant morphologies were assessed by wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and polarized optical microscopy (POM) to provide details on spherulitic level, crystalline structure at unit cell, and lamellar levels. It was found that the crystallization ability of carbon fiber filled PEEK was better than that of neat PEEK, while the behavior of glass fiber filled PEEK was in an opposite trend. The incorporation of carbon fiber (or glass fiber) led to a looser packing of the unit cell or a less crystal perfection of PEEK but did not change its crystal form as well as its long period of lamellae. The isothermal crystallization kinetics was analyzed by the Avrami model, suggesting that the crystallization mechanism of carbon fiber filled PEEK was different from that of neat PEEK and its glass fiber filled composites. Nevertheless, the POM results showed that fiber-induced transcrystallization in PEEK matrix was not evidenced for either carbon or glass fiber filled PEEK. Finally, the effect of carbon and glass fiber on the crystallization of PEEK matrix was discussed to some extent.

Nanocomposite of polypropylene/octadecylamine lamellar-zirconium phosphate: Influence of nanofiller and screw speed

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 701-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle M Mariano ◽  
Daniela FS Freitas ◽  
Luis C Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Zirconium Phosphate ◽  
Melt Processing ◽  
Screw Speed ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Crystallinity Degree ◽  
Degradation Temperature ◽  
Diffraction Peaks ◽  
Melting And Crystallization Temperatures ◽  
Melting And Crystallization

Nanocomposite based on polypropylene and octadecylamine-modified lamellar-zirconium phosphate (PP/nano-ZrPOct) was prepared by melt processing. The action of the nanofiller and screw speed on the properties were evaluated. SEM images revealed that at highest screw speed, the higher nano-ZrPOct dispersion was achieved. In WAXD diffractrograms, some nanofiller diffraction peaks disappeared and a new peak was observed at low angle. There was evidence of increase of thermal stability although only discrete increasing in initial degradation temperature has been noticed. Melting and crystallization temperatures were invariable but crystallinity degree was influenced with a decreasing behavior at highest screw speed. The results strongly evidenced that the intercalation of the PP chains inside the nano-ZrPOct galleries and some degree of delamination of the nanofiller platelets have been achieved.

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