Influence of copolymerisation on fracture behaviour of aliphatic polyketones

High strain rate tensile impact properties of aliphatic polyketone terpolymers were investigated and related to the polymer chain structure. Aliphatic polyketones were used as a model system, by changing the termonomer content and type. Aliphatic polyketone is a perfectly alternating copolymer and the structure was changed with the addition of a few mol% of termonomer: propylene, hexylene and dodecene. Studied were the thermal properties with DSC and DMTA, tensile behaviour, notched tensile impact behaviour, notched Izod properties and the temperature development during deformation. The perfectly alternating copolymer had a melting point of 257 °C, a T_g at 15 °C, a high crystallinity (48%), a high yield stress (77 MPa) and yield strain (31%) but a relatively low fracture strain (85%) and an impact strength (notched Izod) of 13 kJ/m². Increasing the propylene content to 6%, lowered the melting temperature to 224 °C, without changing the T_g. The modulus and yield stress were lowered but the impact strength improved. Increasing the length of the termonomer while keeping the T_m at 224 °C lowered the T_g, the modulus, the yield stress but strongly improved the impact resistance. The longer termonomers, with a lower yield stress, reduced the necking behaviour. The temperature increase in front of the notch was about 85 °C. By adding termonomers to aliphatic ketones, the notched impact behaviour improved significantly at the cost of modulus and yield stress.     

Synthesis of boronate-containing copolymers of N,N-dimethylacrylamide, their interaction with poly(vinyl alcohol) and rheological behaviour of the gels

Cross-linking of polyvinylalcohol (PVA) by boronate-containing copolymer of N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMAA, 1) was studied and compared to cross-linking of PVA by borate buffers in weakly alkaline solutions. The copolymer of M_w=19,000 g mol⁻¹ containing 9 mol% N-acryloyl-m-aminophenylboronic acid (NAAPBA, 2) was prepared by free radical polymerization of the monomers, exhibiting copolymerization constants r₁=0.84 and r₂=2.2. Due to multipoint interaction of the copolymer with PVA via monodiols, the intermolecular cross-linking required for seven-fold and 10-fold lower boron concentrations as compared to borate buffers of pH 8.6 and 7.5, respectively. In rheological measurements, PVA-copolymer gels exhibited storage moduli (G′_max) comparable to those of PVA-borate gels prepared at 7.5-fold higher boron concentration and the same pH 8.6, what testified to the similar concentration of cross-links in the gels. Therefore, DMAA-NAAPBA copolymer is a more effective cross-linker of PVA than borate. The PVA-copolymer gel exhibited much higher relaxation time (97 s) compared to PVA-borate gels (≤20 s) indicating a longer lifetime of junction zones. The ‘shape stability’ of the gel is suggested to originate in the structure of junctions, containing several boronate-diol complexes, between the macromolecules of PVA and the copolymer.     

Deformation behaviour during cold drawing of nanocomposites based on single wall carbon nanotubes and poly(ether ester) copolymers

Relationships between the macroscopic deformation behaviour and microstructure of a pure (PBT-b-PTMO) block copolymer and a polymer nanocomposite (PBT-b-PTMO + 0.2 wt% SWCNT) were investigated by simultaneous small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS and WAXS) during tensile deformation using synchrotron radiation. The Young's modulus was found to be 15% higher for the nanocomposite than for the pure block copolymer as well as the yield strength, while the elongation-to-break was less than a half. This different behaviour can be explained by taking into account the different structural features revealed by SAXS and WAXS and thus considering that SWCNT act as anchors in the nanocomposite, sharing the applied stress with the PBT crystals and partially preventing the flexible, non-crystallisable PTMO chains to elongate.     

链转移剂对丙烯腈共聚物熔融性的影响

采用水相悬浮沉淀聚合法,以水和二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)的混合液为悬浮液、过硫酸钾和亚硫酸氢钠为引发剂、异丙醇为链转移剂,丙烯腈与丙烯酸甲酯在一定温度下发生共聚合反应,研究链转移剂用量对聚合反应和产物性能的影响,结果表明:在反应温度为45℃、单体浓度为30 wt%、单体摩尔比AN/MA为90/10、悬浮液组成水/DMF为90/10(wt/wt)、链转移剂用量占单体的4 wt%时,可以得到可熔融的丙烯腈共聚物.     

A class of discontinuous dynamical systems IV. A laboratory air-water system

An air-water experimental system consisting of two inlets and one outlet is constructed and characterised. It reaches the state of sliding mode, or equivalently, two phase slug flow. The linear hydraulic model proposed in the literature is adequate to describe it. Experimental data are used to tune this model. The resistance to the flow of air through the outlet valve during the two phase flow is much larger than that when air alone flows out. At the operating range, the resistance to water flow is not affected by the presence of air.     

Interfacial tension of demixed polymer solutions near the critical temperature: polystyrene + methylcyclohexane

Interfacial tension between demixed solutions of polystyrene + methylcyclohexane has been measured near the critical temperature as a function of temperature using polystyrenes with molecular weights 9000 ～ 1.26 × 10⁶. The critical exponent for the interfacial tension was determined to be about 1.30 for the lower molecular weight systems. However, for higher molecular weights the exponent could not be obtained because the system departed from critical behaviour. Magnitudes of the interfacial tension were proportional to about N^?0.44, where N is the polymerization index. Experimental results were compared with the recently-proposed theories and found to be in qualitative agreement. The tricritical theory of polymer solutions was also compared with the experimental results.     

聚苯乙烯注塑成型制品双折射行为模拟分析

建立了模拟聚合物注塑成型过程中流动应力的数学模型.利用Leonov黏弹性模型对聚苯乙烯熔体在非等温幂率稳态剪切流下的流动行为进行模拟分析.并研究了聚苯乙烯在注塑成型填充过程中,由于流动而产生的剪切和拉伸作用以及模腔内聚合物熔体的温度变化对制品双折射行为的影响,得到了与实验相符的结果,证明了本研究中模拟方法的可行性.     

环口套管加强型T型圆钢管节点的滞回性能研究

为了提高桁架管节点的承载力及抗震性能,采用环口套管加强方式对管节点进行加强.基于有限元分析环口套管加强型管节点在承受轴向循环荷载作用下的滞回性能.通过分析发现:环口套管加强模型滞回曲线包围的面积显著大于未加固模型滞回曲线所包围的面积.同时,由于环口套管提高了节点相贯部位的主管刚度,使得破坏部位于相贯处的焊趾处转移到了套管两端边缘部位的主管表面.此外,基于有限元计算结果,分析了模型的延性比和能量耗散等抗震性能参数.结果表明:加强型节点的延性比和能量耗散值均有大幅度提高.     

离子束增强沉积CrN膜层及其微动摩擦学性能研究

以不同氮离子辅助轰击能量制备CrN膜层．利用纳米压入仪及显微硬度计分别测试单晶Si片上膜层的硬度及断裂韧度K1C．使用XRD、XPS及EPMA分析离子轰击能量对镀层组织结构的影响。结果表明，采用能量较低的氮离子轰击得到的涂层，由于金属Cr的存在，涂层硬度虽有所降低，但断裂韧度K1C数值较高。选择较低的4keV辅助轰击能量，在M2高速钢基体上沉积CrN涂层，膜层在空气介质中表现出优异的耐磨减摩特性.但在水介质条件下，由于膜层接触区域的去钝化，再钝化使腐蚀和磨损相互加速，导致CrN膜层摩擦系数，尤其是磨损量明显高于基材。     

镍硫化物阳极溶解的电化学研究

研究了合成镍硫化物的阳极过程。Ni_3S_2,Ni_7S_6和NiS的活性溶解伴随着生成表面产物层,其反应机理与电极电位有关。根据三种不同类型产物层生成规律的电化学研究,Ni溶出表观电子数的测定,以及产物层相组成分析和相的元素分析,认为存在三组平行反应:直接生成HSO_4~-或SO_(4-)~2的反应,生成中间硫化物的反应及生成元素硫的反应,每组反应具有不同的优势发展电位区。NiS_2阳极溶解时,基本上为生成HSO_(4-)或SO_(4-)~2的反应。