Studies on the glass transition of blends of nylon-6 and polyacrylic acid

✍ Scribed by Y. Jin; R. Y. M. Huang

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 993 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/app.1988.070360807

✦ Synopsis

The glass transition temperatures (T,) of blends of polyacrylic acid (PAA-Nylon 6 in various proportions used as membrane material in pervaporation separation of acetic acid-water and ethanol-water mixtures were determined using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). All the samples examined showed a single 2 ' ' which lay between the T ' of Nylon 6 and PAA, indicating that complete miscibility was achieved in these polymer blends. Further evidence of complete miscibility was obtained by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of cross sections of the blended films which showed a uniform structure. An interesting phenomenon was observed during the DSC measurements which showed a shift in Tg of the blended samples with scanning time.

Infrared and thermogravimetric measurements were conducted to further investigate this phenomenon and the results were explained as the change in Tg being caused by the elimination of water molecules and the formation of anhydrides in the polyacrylic acid portion of the polymer blends.