The Influence of Rare Earth Ions on the Rheological Behavior of Polyamide

The polyamide 66 (PA66)/lanthanum acetate blends with small amounts of salt loadings (≤ 1 wt% of PA) have been prepared in a twin-screw extruder. The rheology of PA66 and its blends has been investigated by a rotational rheometer. The results suggested that with the salt loading in excess of 0.2 wt%...

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Published inChinese journal of polymer science Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 1453 - 1461
Main Authors Sang, Xin-xin, Zhang, Jing-nan, Ke, Yu-cai, Cao, Xin-yu, Ma, Yong-mei, Wang, Fosong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beijing Chinese Chemical Society and Institute of Chemistry, CAS 01.10.2015
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Summary:The polyamide 66 (PA66)/lanthanum acetate blends with small amounts of salt loadings (≤ 1 wt% of PA) have been prepared in a twin-screw extruder. The rheology of PA66 and its blends has been investigated by a rotational rheometer. The results suggested that with the salt loading in excess of 0.2 wt% the typical Newtonian viscosity plateau disappeared and both the low-frequency complex viscosities η^* and storage modulus G' of blends were much higher than those of neat PA66, the storage modulus was higher than the loss modulus at low frequencies (tanδ〈 1), i.e., the melt changed from a viscoelastic liquid for unfilled polymer to a viscoelastic solid (G′ 〉 G″). While the viscosity followed a strong shear thinning with increasing frequency, the η^* and G′ decreased significantly even lower than those of neat PA66 at high frequencies. The combination of dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis has revealed that coordination effect occurred between lanthanum and carbonyl oxygen atoms in amide groups of the polymer to form pseudo- crosslinked network structure, which makes the glass transition temperatures (Tg) and storage modulus (E′) of blends enhanced. The network structure formation-destruction and chains entanglement-disentanglement processes at different frequencies are responsible for the above rheological behaviors of blends.
Bibliography:The polyamide 66 (PA66)/lanthanum acetate blends with small amounts of salt loadings (≤ 1 wt% of PA) have been prepared in a twin-screw extruder. The rheology of PA66 and its blends has been investigated by a rotational rheometer. The results suggested that with the salt loading in excess of 0.2 wt% the typical Newtonian viscosity plateau disappeared and both the low-frequency complex viscosities η^* and storage modulus G' of blends were much higher than those of neat PA66, the storage modulus was higher than the loss modulus at low frequencies (tanδ〈 1), i.e., the melt changed from a viscoelastic liquid for unfilled polymer to a viscoelastic solid (G′ 〉 G″). While the viscosity followed a strong shear thinning with increasing frequency, the η^* and G′ decreased significantly even lower than those of neat PA66 at high frequencies. The combination of dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis has revealed that coordination effect occurred between lanthanum and carbonyl oxygen atoms in amide groups of the polymer to form pseudo- crosslinked network structure, which makes the glass transition temperatures (Tg) and storage modulus (E′) of blends enhanced. The network structure formation-destruction and chains entanglement-disentanglement processes at different frequencies are responsible for the above rheological behaviors of blends.
Rheology; PA66-1anthanum acetate blends; Polymer-metal interaction; Coordination; Viscoelastic solid behavior.
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ISSN:0256-7679
1439-6203
DOI:10.1007/s10118-015-1699-7