ISSN:
0098-1273
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Proton spin-spin relaxation times have been measured as a function of temperature for ultradrawn polypropylene with draw ratios λ up to 24. The three relaxation times T2a (the longest), T2i (intermediate), and T2c (the shortest), observed for all the samples, have been ascribed to the relaxations of the amorphous, constrained amorphous, and crystalline components, respectively. T2i and T2a, which reflect the changes in structure and mobility in the noncrystalline regions, decrease with increasing λ; T2i becomes saturated at λ 〉 9, whereas T2a shows a substantial decrease up to λ = 24. The continued decrease in T2a indicates that the constraint on the amorphous segments keeps increasing up to the highest λ. The associated mass fractions Fa, Fi, and Fc also change with λ. At λ 〈 9, the increasc in Fi with increasing λ is accompanied by a decrease in Fa, with Fc remaining unchanged. At higher λ, however, Fa is almost constant, and stepwise rises in Fc at about λ = 12 and 24 are accompanied by corresponding drops in Fi. It seems that, in this high draw ratio range, some of the taut molecules are fully extended and are in sufficiently good lateral register to transform into crystalline bridges. This conjecture is supported by the similarity in the λ dependence of Fc and the mass-fraction crystallinity obtained from the heat of fusion.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1983.180211107
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