Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 155.

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The Glass Transition of Copolyester

BIAN Jie1,2, YE Sheng-Rong1, FENG Lin-Xian1   

  1. 1. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejing University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    2. Department of Chemistry, Hangzhou Teachers College, Hangzhou 310012, China
  • Received:2001-11-12 Online:2003-01-24 Published:2003-01-24

Abstract: The glass transition of poly(ethylene tetrephthalate/isophthalate) and poly-(ethylene/teramethylene tetrephthalate) copolyesters were studied by using DSC,DLI (depolarized light intensity) and IR analysis. It was shown that the glass transition of copolyesters was a change after the disorientation of the order in their glassy state. The forms of glass transition in DSC thermograms of the two serial copolyesters transformed from step change to endothermic peak with the increase of ET segments in the molecular chains. This is caused by the decrease in the number of ET segments which need to maintain their conformation change. The order of glassy P(ET/EI) copolyester relates to the free hydroxy at the end of the chains. The formation of hydrogen bond between free hydroxy and carbonyl is a necessary process when PET and crystallizable copolyester crystallizing, and the glass transition of uncrystallizable copolyester(IPA 30) will disappear after the formation of these hydrogen bonds.

Key words: Polyethylene terephthalate(PET), Copolyester, Glass transition, IR spectrum

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