The torsional behavior of poly(ether ester) (PEE) thermoplastic elastomer, based on poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) was studied and compared with that of PBT itself. Two types of experiments were performed: (1) stress relaxation in torsion, and (2) measurement of
Mechanical properties of thermoplastic elastomers of poly(butylene terephthalate) and poly(ethylene glycol) in a bending deformation
β Scribed by Shuhong Wang; J. E. Mark; B. Erman; S. Fakirov
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 381 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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β¦ Synopsis
Thermoplastic elastomers based on poly (butylene terephthalate) (PBT) and poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) were studied by bending-creep measurements. The dependence of the creep compliance on the composition of the block copolymer was determined, and the experimental results were compared with calculated results to obtain a better understanding of structureproperty relationships for this class of materials. The hard PBT domains in the rubbery PEG matrix make a large contribution to the mechanical strength and hardness, presumably serving as reinforcing fillers as well as cross-links. Relaxation effects were found to decrease significantly with increase in hard-segment content.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Pellets of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET; 0.48-1.92 g) were heated in anhydrous ethylene glycol (EG; 5 mL) with 2-equivs of NaOH at 150ΠC for 80 min or 180ΠC for 15 min to convert them quantitatively to disodium terephthalate (Na 2 -TPA) and EG. The disodium salt was precipitated quantitatively