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Extension behavior and morphology in polypropylene extended under hydrostatic pressure
Author(s) -
Ariyama Takashi,
Takenaga Mitsuru
Publication year - 1992
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.760321102
Subject(s) - materials science , hydrostatic pressure , hydrostatic equilibrium , polypropylene , composite material , diffraction , atmospheric pressure , morphology (biology) , relaxation (psychology) , deformation (meteorology) , optics , thermodynamics , psychology , social psychology , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics , geology , genetics , biology
The effect of hydrostatic pressure on molecular deformation of polypropylene extended under hydrostatic pressure is investigated by using internal friction measurements, wide angle X‐ray diffraction, and polarizing microscopy. A homogeneously transparent straight part is obtained by extending samples in the pressure range from 78 to 128 MPa. The overall mechanical properties of a sample extended under P = 102 MPa is significantly different from that of a sample extended under P = 128 MPa. The difference is related to the magnitude of hydrostatic pressure, the extension ratio, and the extent of transparency. The observed results on the β relaxation in the extended samples is found to be related to the morphological reorganization from a coarse spherulitic to a fine spherulitic structure. The cold‐drawn sample at atmospheric pressure has the γ‐peak at around °50°C, while the hydrostatically extruded samples and the extended samples have no γ‐peak. Consequently, the hydrostatic pressure suppresses the formation of the molecular structure relevant to the γ relaxation.