ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Single filaments of the polyterephthalamide of p-aminobenzylhydrazide (X-500) were prepared by spinning X-500 solutions in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) using water as a coagulating agent. The polymer is known for its ability to develop ultrahigh modulus fibers and for having a semirigid chain conformation with a persistence length of ∼50 Å in DMSO. In the latter solvent, molecular rigidity appears to be just below that required for spontaneous formation of a nematic phase. The orientation of the fibers was performed in three different stages: during coagulation (I), in the washing bath following coagulation (II), and during postspinning treatments (III). Corresponding mechanical properties were determined. The results indicate that high elastic modulus (15 GPa) already appears during step I at very moderate pulloff ratios. Therefore, considerable orientation had already occurred in the flowing solution. Further increase of fiber orientation yields a large increase of modulus (from 22 to 67 GPa) during solid-state deformation (step III). The orientation of the flowing solution was monitored by viscosity and birefringence measurements. The results are discussed in terms of orientation due to elongational and shear flow and, possibly, a flow-induced transition to a nematic phase in the concentrated solution in which chain entanglement is shown to occur.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1981.070261112
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