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Moisture‐induced plasticization of amorphous polyamides and their blends
Author(s) -
Ellis T. S.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1988.070360301
Subject(s) - glass transition , plasticizer , amorphous solid , diluent , polymer , polyamide , materials science , moisture , supercooling , polymer chemistry , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , chemistry , composite material , physics , engineering
The moisture‐induced plasticization of some amorphous polyamides in pure and blended form has been determined by calorimetric methods. The compositional dependence of the glass transition temperature of these polymer‐diluent systems has been adequately accounted for using an existing predictive expression derived from both a conformational entropy and a thermodynamic treatment of the glass transition phenomenon. The success of this approach to account for the behavior of amorphous polyamide blends containing hydrophobic and hydrophilic constituents exemplifies the importance of compositional parameters in determining the overall response of morphologically complex hydrophilic polymers. The results add further credence to the simple plasticizing action of water in polar polymers irrespective of their chemical and physical constitution.