Estimation of thermal transitions in poly(ethylene naphthalate): Experiments and modeling using isoconversional methods
✍ Scribed by George Z. Papageorgiou; Dimitris S. Achilias; George P. Karayannidis
- Book ID
- 104088284
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 742 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-3861
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✦ Synopsis
Thermal transitions of PEN, such as the glass transition temperature and those occurring during isothermal or nonisothermal crystallization were investigated based on careful experiments and modeling with isoconversional methods. The latter was applied to DSC data to determine the effective activation energy for the glass transition in PEN. Using the same data and different thermal methods the dynamic fragility of PEN was evaluated. The LauritzeneHoffman (LH) parameters K g and U * were estimated using the secondary nucleation theory from both PLM and isothermal DSC after self-nucleation measurements. Regime II to I and III to II transition at about 253 C and 243 C were concluded. Ellipticalshaped hedrite-like morphology was observed above 253 C. Finally, isoconversional analysis was applied to both melt and glass non-isothermal crystallization data and the combined set of activation energies was found to be described by the theoretical VyazovkineSbirrazzuoli equation using a single set of LH parameters coming from PLM measurements.