PTT Poly trimethylene

Chuah et al. [107] prepared a series of PTT/poly(trimethylene napthalate) (PTN) copolyesters by copolymerizing PDO with dimethyl terephthalate and dimethyl naphthalate. The PTN homopolymer has a 7 g of 75 °C and a Tm of 245 °C. Despite the more rigid napthalate moiety, the PTN Tg and Tm were much lower than the Tg of poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN), indicating the strong influence of the flexible trimethylene units. 

PSMA Poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) PTEE Poly tetra fluoro ethylene PTT Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)... 

PTT PETG PTT = poly(trimethylene terephthalate) PETG = amorphous polyester. yi2 = —0.38 110... 

PANI, polyaniline MMT, montmorillonite PEO, poly(ethylene oxide) PI, polyisoprene PP, polypropylene MA, maleic anhydride PVDF, poly(vinylidene fluoride) PA6, nylon 6 PET, poly(ethylene terephthalate) PU, polyurethane PHA, poly(hydroxyalkanoate) PE, polyethylene PDMS, poly(dime-thylsiloxane) PLPVS, poly(vinylsilsesquioxanes) PLLA, poly(L-lactide) BR, butyl rubber PTT, poly(trimethylene terephthalate) PVME, poly(vinyl methyl ether) NR, natural rubber NBR, nitrile rubber. 

TABLE 2.11 Typical Properties of Unfilled Polyethylene terephthalate) (PET), Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT), and Poly(butylene terephthalate (PBT) Solid-State Polyester Resins... 

Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) is a polymer with very useful properties. As a textile fibre it has excellent softness, stretch and recovery. As a resin it has excellent barrier properties. Developed over 60 years ago, PTT has not been very widely used compared to poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) as one of the key monomers 1,3-propanediol (PDO) has been expensive. 

Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) is a newly commercialized aromatic polyester. Although available in commercial quantities only as recently as 1998 [1], it was one of the three high-melting-point aromatic polyesters first synthesized by Whinfield and Dickson [2] nearly 60 years ago. Two of these polyesters, polyethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT), have become well-established high-volume polymers. PTT has remained an obscure polymer until recent times because one of its monomers, 1,3-propanediol (PDO), was not readily available. PDO was sold as a small-volume fine chemical at more than 10/lb., and was therefore not suitable as a raw material for commercial polymers. 

Figure 11.7 Experimental and calculated heat capacities of solid and liquid PTT [49], From Heat capacity of poly(trimethylene terephthalate), Pyda, M., Boiler, J., Grebowicz, J., Chuah, H., Lebedev, B. V. and Wunderlich, B., J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Phys. Ed., 36, 2499-2511 (1998), Copyright (1998 John Wiley Sons, Inc.). Reprinted by permission of John Wiley Sons, Inc...

Figure 11.14 Effect of applied strain on the 002 d-spacing of a PTT fiber drawn at 3.3 x measured by WAXD [76], Reprinted from Polymer, 42, Wu, J., Schultz, J. M., Samon, K. M., Pangelinan, A. B. and Chuah, H. H., In situ study of structure development in poly(trimethylene terephthalate) fibers during stretching by simultaneous synchrotron small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering, 7141-7151, Copyright (2001), with permission from Elsevier Science...

Figure 11.16 PTT WAXD pattern and indices of the reflections [45]. From Polym. Bull., Crystal orientation function of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) by wide-angle X-ray diffraction, Chuah, H. H. and Chang, B. T. A., 46, p. 310, Figure 2, Copyright Springer-Verlag (2001). Reproduced by permission of Springer-Verlag GmbH Co. KG...

Kiibler, K. S., C. A. Caico, Lin-Vien, D. and French, R. N Byproduct Emissions from Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) Studies on the Release of Acrolein and Allyl Alcohol During Processing, Storage, and Shipping of PTT, Technical Information Report, WTC-3659, Shell Chemical Company, Houston, TX, 2000. 

It should be taken into account that all of the aspects described above are of a general nature and therefore more or less valid for any kind of industrially relevant polyester resin. Upon closer examination, the experiences gained with PET are particularly applicable to poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT), poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) and polyethylene naphthalate) (PEN). These polymers have gained major industrial importance as a result of a number of different properties in comparison with PET. 

The newest commercial polymer to join the polyester family is poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) which is being targeted at fibre applications (Chapter 11). It is sold under the Corterra trademark by Shell. After packaging, the single largest use for polyesters is for fibre applications such as clothing, textiles and non-wovens. The technology of polyester fibre formation is described in Chapters 12 and 13. 

DuPont and Shell have developed a new polyester, poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) (structure 19.38) that is structurally similar to PET, except that 1,3-propanediol (PDO) is used in place of ethylene glycol. The extra carbon in Sorona allows the fiber to be more easily colored giving a textile material that is softer with greater stretch. Further, it offers good wear and stain resistance for carpet use. The ready availability of the monomer PDO is a major consideration with efforts underway to create PDO from the fermentation of sugar through the use of biocatalysts for this conversion. Sorona and Lycra blends have already been successfully marketed. Sorona is also targeted for use as a resin and film. 

Hydroxypropanal. 3-Hydroxypropanal can be formed by fermentation of glucose and is thus an attractive starting material for production of 1,3-propanediol, which can be polymerized with /ere-phthalic acid to produce poly trimethylene terephthalate (PTT). PTT is used in the fibers industry in the production of stain resistant carpets etc. 

Propanediol (1,3PD) is also undergoing a transition from a small-volume specialty chemical into a commodity. The driving force is its application in poly (trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT), which is expected to partially replace polyethylene terephthalate) and polyamide because of its better performance, such as stretch recovery. The projected market volume of PTT under the trade-names CORTERRA (Shell) and Sorona 3GT (Dupont) is 1 Mt a-1 within a few years. In consequence, the production volume of 1,3PD is expected to expand from 55kta-1 in 1999 to 360 kt a-1 in the near future. 1,3PD used to be synthesized from acrolein by Degussa and from ethylene oxide by Shell (see Fig. 8.8) but a fermentative process is now joining the competition. 

There have been many efforts for combining the atomistic and continuum levels, as mentioned in Sect. 1. Recently, Santos et al. [11] proposed an atomistic-continuum model. In this model, the three-dimensional system is composed of a matrix, described as a continuum and an inclusion, embedded in the continuum, where the inclusion is described by an atomistic model. The model is validated for homogeneous materials (an fee argon crystal and an amorphous polymer). Yang et al. [96] have applied the atomistic-continuum model to the plastic deformation of Bisphenol-A polycarbonate where an inclusion deforms plastically in an elastic medium under uniaxial extension and pure shear. Here the atomistic-continuum model is validated for a heterogeneous material and elastic constant of semi crystalline poly( trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) is predicted. 

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