Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (12): 2825.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20180189

• Polymer Chemistry • Previous Articles    

Water Absorption Characteristics of Different Polyamide Resins and Their Effects on the Diffusion and Polymerization of St Monomer

TAN Yinle, HUANG Chenghuan, GUO Zhaoxia, YU Jian   

  1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2018-03-12 Online:2018-12-10 Published:2018-11-16
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51173095).

Abstract: The water absorption characteristics of different polyamide resins and their effects on the diffusion and polymerization of styrene(St) monomers were studied. The results show that PS content of PA/PS nanoalloy increases with the increase of water content of PA pellets. The maximum PS contents of PA6, PA66 and MXD6 are 6.7%, 2.5% and 1.6%, respectively, under the conditions of difussion and polymerization at 90 ℃. Diffusion and subsequent polymerization of St occur in the amorphous regions of PA pellets, the PS nanoparticles ranging in size from 10 to 100 nm and distribute uniformly. Owing to the reinforcement effect of rigid PS particles to PA, the tensile strength and Young’s modulus of the PA/PS nanoalloy improved significantly.

Key words: Polyamide, Diffusion polymerization, Water absorption, Styrene

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