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Polymer compatibility: Nylon‐epoxy resin blends
Author(s) -
Wang YungYun,
Chen ShowAn
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760201209
Subject(s) - epoxy , materials science , composite material , nylon 6 , ultimate tensile strength , adhesive , nylon 66 , polymer , polymer blend , phase (matter) , copolymer , polyamide , organic chemistry , chemistry , layer (electronics)
Dynamic mechanical and differential scanning calorimetric studies of cured blends of alcohol soluble nylon with up to 40 percent epoxy resin indicate that the blends contain three phases: crystalline nylon phase, crosslinked nylon‐epoxy resin phase, and crosslinked epoxy resin phase. There are unreacted nylon chains distributed in the former two phases. The crystalline nylon phase is composed of partially reacted nylon chains and a small amount of unreacted nylon chains. Degree of ordering in this phase, both unreacted and partially reacted nylon chains, decreases with increasing epoxy resin content. Stress‐strain studies show that stress‐induced crystallization in partially reacted nylon chains in the crystalline nylon phase does occur during elongation resulting in the occurrence of a maximum tensile strength (at 5 percent epoxy resin content) as in the case of crosslinked rubber. Lap shear studies using the blend as an adhesive indicate a maximum strength at 30 percent epoxy resin content, implying that adhesion and crosslinking effects due to incorporation of epoxy resin play a major role in the adhesion performance.