Sequential reordering in condensation copolymers .2. Melting- and crystallization-induced sequential reordering in miscible poly(butylene terephthalate)/polyarylate blends
MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, vol.197, no.9, pp.2869-2887, 1996 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 197 Issue: 9
- Publication Date: 1996
- Doi Number: 10.1002/macp.1996.021970922
- Journal Name: MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, INSPEC, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
- Page Numbers: pp.2869-2887
- Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
A 50/50 (weight ratio (38/62 mole ratio referred to repeating units)) blend of poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) and polyarylate (PAr), was studied by means of thermal, solubility, X-ray and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques after annealing procedures that enable transesterification. Prolonged thermal treatment at 290 degrees C gives rise to a copolymer that no longer reveals melting or crystallization. In accordance with previous reports, this effect is attributed to the formation of a random copolymer. Additional annealing of such samples at the relatively low temperature of 140 degrees C results in the reappearance of melting endotherms in the differential scanning calorimetry curves. This effect is explained by crystallization-induced sequential reordering from random to block copolymer by means of transreactions. In that way a PBT/PAr blend was shown to be another polymer system, along with poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/polycarbonate (PC) and PET/PAr blends, in which the entire cycle is realized, from two homopolymers via a block- and random copolymer to a block copolymer. The unusually low temperature at which the crystallization-induced sequential reordering to block polymers takes place is explained by the miscibility of PET and PAr which enables transreactions to take place in the bulk.