A study on the double melting behavior of poly（trimethylene terephthalate）

Double melting behavior of poly（trimethylene terephthalate） （PTT） was studied in detail by means of differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） and optical microscopy. The results indicate that the low-temperature melting peak of PTT at ca. 218℃ for the samples crystallized isothermally at 203℃ is associated with the melting of crystals produced by secondary crystallization, while the high-temperature melting peak of it at about 227℃ is related to the melting of the crystals produced by primary crystallization. The results further demonstrate that the PTT crystals growing non-isothermally during cooling process are thermodynamically unstable and can undergo structure reorganization during the DSC heating scan. The reorganized crystals melt at temperature higher than the crystals produced by secondary crystallization at 203℃. Consequently, for the non-fully crystallized samples, the crystals grown during cooling also exhibit contribution to the high-temperature melting peak.     

PET—PTT共聚酯的热降解行为

采用热失重分析(TGA)和裂解气相质谱(Py-GC/MS)研究不同组成的PET(聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯)-PTT(聚对苯二甲酸丙二醇酯)共聚酯的热降解行为,并与PET和PTT均聚物作了比较.TGA结果表明,PET-PTT共聚酯的热稳定性介于均聚物PTT与PET之间,并随PET组分的增加而提高.利用Py-GC/MS得到PET-PTT共聚酯及均聚物的裂解产物的结构及分布,探讨PTT降解机理,并推测PET-PTT共聚酯的可能降解过程.发现PET-PTT共聚酯分解过程中产生了不同于PET和PTT裂解产物的组分,但不同组分的含量很小,这可能是由共聚酯中PTT(PET)序列长度较短所致.PET-PTT共聚酯在裂解过程中比PET和PTT均聚物产生了更多的挥发性产物.当PTT(PET)在共聚酯中的摩尔分数增大时由该链段降解产生的产物质量分数相应提高.     

固定床中PET固相聚合的研究

本文利用固定床反应器对N_2保护下的PET固相聚合反应进行研究,在低于粘结点温度下预聚合之后再实施高温聚合,可消除切片粘结,提高反应速率及产品质量。建立了化学反应和扩散过程共同控制下的动力学模型,其计算结果表明从粒子中心到表面,固相聚合表现反应速率和分子量随副产物小分子(乙二醇和水)的浓度减小而增大,并且描述了反应温度、载气中小分子含量和预聚体切片粒径对反应的影响,为优化工艺操作,提高产品质量提供了理论依据。