On the crystal structure of odd–even nylons: Polymorphism of nylon 5,10
✍ Scribed by P. Villaseñor; L. Franco; J. A. Subirana; J. Puiggalí
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 589 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-6266
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✦ Synopsis
The structure of nylon 5,10 has been investigated using electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Nylon 5,10 shows polymorphism with two different structures related to the ␥ form obtained by either solution or melt crystallization. Packing differences may be attributed to a change in the hydrogen bonding system. In addition, a structure related to an ␣-like phase can be found by precipitation from strong acid solutions and their mixtures with chloroform. A model with two hydrogen bonding directions is given for this form, in a similar way to that recently postulated for polyamides derived from odd diamine or odd diacid units. Temperature-induced structural changes have also been studied for nylon 5,10 fibers.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
Crystal packing of the studied compounds pSUp (a) and pSEp (b) drawn with the CERIUS 3.1 software package [17] . Unit cells and hydrogen bonds are indicated with dashed lines.