Effect of γ-irradiation and thermal annealing on the molecular–topological structure of a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether)

• Published in: High energy chemistry Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 101 - 107
• Main Authors: Olkhov, Yu. A., Allayarov, S. R., Allayarov, R. S., Dixon, D. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.03.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Copolymers; Gamma irradiation; Molecular structure; Physical Chemistry; Radiation Chemistry; molecular–topological structure; γ-irradiation; tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) copolymer
• ISSN: 0018-1439; 1608-3148
• DOI: 10.1134/S0018143917020102

The molecular–topological structure of a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) subjected to γ-irradiation and thermal annealing has been studied for the first time with the use of thermomechanical spectrometry. The pseudonetwork structure of the copolymer contains an amorphous block (interjunction chains) and crystalline segments (branching points). The diblock amorphous and crystalline structure with a crystal structure fraction of 0.21 transformed into an almost completely amorphous structure with a crystallite fraction of 0.06 after the irradiation of the copolymer at a dose of 600 kGy. Thermal annealing at 483 K formed a new structure: a high-temperature amorphous block.