Melting, Solidification, and Crystallization of a Thermoplastic Polyurethane as a Function of Hard Segment Content

Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) with varying hard segment contents (HSC) are monitored during melting and solidifying (20 K/min , Tmax = 220 ° C) by small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS and SAXS). Hard segments: MDI/BD. Soft segments: PTHF1000. The neat materials are injection-molded,...

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Autores: Stribeck, Almut|||0000-0002-1722-9245, Eling, Berend, Pöselt, Elmar|||0000-0003-0157-3428, Malfois, Marc|||0000-0001-5231-1896, Schander, Edgar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:204276
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/204276
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1002/macp.201900074
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Crystallization
Thermoplastic
Polyurethane
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Sumario:Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) with varying hard segment contents (HSC) are monitored during melting and solidifying (20 K/min , Tmax = 220 ° C) by small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS and SAXS). Hard segments: MDI/BD. Soft segments: PTHF1000. The neat materials are injection-molded, having small amorphous hard domains (chord length d⎯⎯h < 6 nm ). Results indicate complexity of morphology changes. For example, crystals are predominantly produced in freshly segregated, sufficiently large hard domains, while the temperature decreases slowly enough. After the thermal treatment, only the materials with HSC.