Effect of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane as Tri-Functional Monomer on Thermophysical Properties of Poly(ethylene tetrasulfide)

Amangah, Mina; Salami Kalajahi, Mehdi; Roghani-Mamaqani, Hossein

doi:10.30492/ijcce.2020.33688

Effect of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane as Tri-Functional Monomer on Thermophysical Properties of Poly(ethylene tetrasulfide)

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Department of Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, P.O. Box 51335-1996, Tabriz, I.R. IRAN

10.30492/ijcce.2020.33688

Abstract

In this study, the effect of 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP) as trifunctional monomer on thermophysical properties of synthesized poly(ethylene tetrasulfide) (PETS) is investigated. To this end, different amounts of TCP (0-40 mol. % of halide-containing monomer) were incorporated into the structure of polysulfide polymer via interfacial condensation polymerization. Measurement of gel, fraction showed that by the introduction of only 10 mol. % of TCP, synthesized structure is almost crosslinked. The X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) results revealed that all samples are semi-crystalline whereas the crystallinity of samples strongly depends on the amount of TCP. All samples showed a glass transition temperature (T_g) less than 0 °C followed by melting temperature (T_m). Higher amountof crosslinking monomer resulted in higher T_g while T_m and heat of fusion (ΔH_m) were reduced. According to ThermoGravimetric Analysis (TGA) results, all samples exhibited a two-stage degradation process. Although, the introduction of 10 mol. % TCP into the structure of PETS resulted in lower thermal stability of obtained polymer, adding higher amounts of TCP led to the higher thermal stability of polymers.

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Main Subjects

Polymers & Composites

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