SAXS and dynamic viscoelastic studies on segmented polyurethaneurea solutions
β Scribed by Fumiyoshi Ikkai; Mitsuhiro Shibayama; Hiromi Kashihara; Shunji Nomura
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 818 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-3861
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β¦ Synopsis
The microstructure and dynamic mechanical properties of segmented polyurethaneurea (SPUU) in concentrated dimethyl acetamide (DMAc) solutions have been investigated by means of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and viscoelastic measurements, respectively. Kratky plots of SAXS intensity functions indicated the following: ( ) Formation of hard segment domains introduced mainly by hydrogen bondings is promoted with increasing ratio of isocyanate to hydroxyl groups ([NCO]/[OH]) and polymer concentration, Cr. (2) The degree of completion of the hard segment domains increases with temperature up to 55Β°C and then gradually decreases by further increase of temperature. An analogy was found between [NCO]/[OH] dependence of the dynamic storage G'(w) and loss shear moduli G"(w) for SPUU in DMAc and time dependence of those for a chemically gelling system. G'(w) and G"(w) indicated that the properties of SPUU solutions change from sol-like to gel-like with increasing [NCO]/[OH]. By varying [NCO]/[OH], a relationship of G'(w) = G"(w) z tik was observed around [NCO]/[OH] = 1.6. The exponent k is evaluated to be 0.67, which was similar to the literature value obtained at the gelation point. This corresponds to the 'gelation threshold' of the chemical gelation process.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
A series of eight thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers were synthesized from 4,4-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and 1,4-butanediol (BDO) chain extender, with poly(hexamethylene oxide) (PHMO) macrodiol soft segments. The PHMO molecular weights employed ranged from 433 g/mol to 1180 g/mol. All