Nylon equilibrium melting temperature

Fig. 9.59 Plot of temperature of maximum spherulite growth rate, Tmax, against equilibrium melting temperature. I m, for indicated polymers. (1) isotactic poly(styrene) (a) (2) poly(tetramethyl-p-silphenylene siloxane) (b) (3) poly(cis-isoprene) (c) (4) poly(caproamide) (d,e) (5) poly(L-lactic acid) (f) (6) poly(phenylene sulfide) (g,h) (7) poly(R-epichlorohydrin), poly(S-epichlorohydrin), poly(I-RS-epichlorohydrin) (i) (8) poly(ethylene terephthalate) (j,k,l) (9) poly(aryl ether ether ketone) (m,n) (10) poly(ethylene-2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate) (n) (11) poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (o) (12) isotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) (q) (13) poly(dioxolane) (r) (14) New TPI poly(imide) (s) (15) poly(methylene oxide) (t) (16) poly(cis-butadiene) (u) (17) poly(propylene oxide) (v,w) (18) poly(imide) BPDA - - 134 APB (x) (19) poly(imide) BPDA - -C12 (x) (20) syndiotactic poly(propylene) (y) (21) poly(3-hydroxy valerate) (z) (22) poly(ethylene succinate) (aa) (23) poly(aryl ether ketone ketone) (bb) (24) poly(phenylene ether ether sulfide) (cc) (25) poly(tetramethylene isophtha-late) (dd) (26) poly(hexamethylene adipamide) (e,ee) (27) poly(tetrachloro-bis-phenol-A adipate) (fQ nylon 6-10 (ee).

The p crystalline form of poly(e-caprolactame) (nylon 6), obtained in melt spun fibers rapidly cooled to room temperature [24,170] or by quenching the melt [23], is a solid mesophase, which, at variance with the form II of l,4-tra s-poly(l,3-butadiene), is metastable. The amount of disorder in the mesomorphic p form of nylon 6 is indeed related to the history of the sample, whereby non-equilibrium situations are kinetically frozen at room temperature the form transforms into the more stable a and/or y forms by annealing at temperatures higher than room temperature and this transformation is irreversible [171],... 

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