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Study of the thermal evolution of the cyclic-oligomer formation in a cyclic-oligomer-free PET

✍ Scribed by V. Vermylen; P. Lodefier; J. Devaux; R. Legras; W. A. Mac Donald; R. Rozenberg; E. De Hoffmann

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 162 KB
Volume: 38
Category: Article
ISSN: 0887-624X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0518(20000201)38:3<416::aid-pola4>3.0.co;2-u

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✦ Synopsis

A low percentage of cyclic oligomers can be found in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) from its synthesis onward. In this article, a cyclic-oligomer-free PET (COFP) obtained by solvent extraction was used to study the thermodynamics of the re-formation of cyclics from the melt. The cyclic-oligomer content re-increased into molten COFP, finally reaching an equilibrium. An analysis of the fraction of the re-formed cyclic oligomers showed that a majority of cyclic trimer (60 -70%) was found at the equilibrium. Before the establishment of the equilibrium, an unusual behavior was observed in the relative proportion of cyclic trimer and tetramer during the first steps of their formation that was probably due to a competition between kinetic and thermodynamic products.

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