Types and Properties of Polymers

Synthetic resins, in which plastics are also included, vary widely in their chemical composition and physical properties. The nnmber of synthetic resins that can be made is vast, bnt relatively few have commercial importance. 

Well over 90% of all synthetic resins made today comprise no more than 20 types, although there are certain variations to be found within each type. Synthetic resins are familiar to most people as plastics, but they have other uses, such as in the manufacture of surface coatings, glues, synthetic fibres and textile fibres. The rapid growth of the synthetic resin industry is because ample supplies of the necessary raw materials are available from petroleum. 

Synthetic resins may be divided into two classes thermosetting and thermoplastic . Each class differs in its behaviour on being heated. The former do not soften the latter 

Macromolecules of thermosetting resins are often strongly branched chains and are chemically joined by crosslinks, thus forming a complex network. On heating, there is less possibility of free movement, so the material remains rigid. 

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The first four types are most conveniently distinguished by reference to formulations A to D in Table 12.5. Formulation A is a conventional plastisol. The viscosity of the paste is largely controlled by the choice of type and amount of polymer and plasticiser. In order to achieve a sufficiently low viscosity for processing, large quantities of plasticiser must be added, thereby giving a product of lower hardness, modulus, tensile strength and other mechanical properties than would be the case if less plasticiser could be used. In many applications this is not a serious problem and plastisols are of some considerable importance commercially. 

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All the reactants are individual compounds of high chemical purity with epoxy equivalent close to theoretical values. It has been shown 6,7,16,17) that, at Tcure iS 110-120 °C and especially with diglycidyl ether of resorcinol (DGER) or Bis-phenol-A (DGEBA) and w-phenylenediamine (w-PhDA) as reactants, Eq. (I) proceeds practically without side reactions and yields a polymer with a chemical structure very close to that shown in above. Using different initial ratios of reactants (P = [NH]0/[EP]0 molar ratio), one can prepare a family of polymers with rather broad variations of crosslink concentration per unit volume or number of unreacted groups of different type and properties of the final products. 

TPOs are basically two-component elastomer systems consisting of an elastomer finely dispersed in a thermoplastic polyolefin (such as polypropylene). The thermoplastic polyolefin is the major component. Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) include TPOs, TPVs (thermoplastic vulcanizates), etc. Properties of TPOs depend upon the types and amounts of polymers used, the method by which they are combined, and the use of additives such as oils, fillers, antioxidants, and colors. Blends and reactor-made products compete primarily with other TPEs and metals. There are vulcanizates (TPVs) that have higher elastomeric properties. They compete primarily with TS elastomers. 

As discussed in the preceding section, the type of initiator and oxirane monomer can influence directly the structure and properties of polymers obtained by anionic polymerization. In the course of our investigations on the polymerization of chloro-substituted phenyl glycidyl ethers with the following general formula ... 

The synthesis and properties of polymers containing these types of substituents are developed more fully in the following sections. 

The dominant mechanism of deformation depends mainly on the type and properties of the matrix polymer, but can vary also with the test temperature, the strain rate, and the morphology, shape, and size of the modifier particles (Bucknall 1977, 1997, 2000 Michler 2005 Michler and Balta-Calleja 2012 Michler and Starke 1996). Properties of the matrix determine not only the type of the local yield zones but also the critical parameters for toughening. In amorphous polymers with the dominant formation of crazes, the particle diameter, D, is of primary importance, while in some other amorphous and in semicrystalline polymers with the dominant formation of dilatational shear bands or intense shear yielding, the interparticle distance ID, i.e., the thickness of the matrix ligaments between particles, seems to be also an important parameter influencing the efficiency of toughening. This parameter can be adjusted by various combinations of modifier particle volume fraction and particle size. 

The types and properties of polymeric materials being formed depend on the starting molecule, the monomer and on the conditions of polymerization. Almost all industrial polymerizations require the use of an appropriate catalyst. Some polymers and starting monomers are listed in the following scheme. 

The organization of this edition follows that of the earlier one. Part I (Chapters 1-3) provides an introduction to the types and properties of functional fillers and their polymer composites, including melt mixing aspects. Part II (Chapters 4-6) discusses different types of surface modifiers and coupling agents for fillers. Part III discusses in detail individual types of man-made, natural, in-situ generated and mineral fillers, and their functions. High aspect ratio fillers (Chapters 7-10), low aspect ratio fillers (Chapters 11-16), and a variety of specialty fillers for specific applications (Chapters 17-24) are included in Part III. Each filler chapter, typically, contains information on (a) production methods, (b) structure and properties, (c) suppliers, (d) cost/availability, (e) environmental/toxicity considerations, and (f) applications based on primary and secondary functions. 

Aliphatic polyketones described here are a family of semicrystalline thermoplastics obtained by co- or terpolymerization of CO and ethene and/or higher a-olefins. Main emphasis will be on CO/ethene/propene-based terpol5uners [PK-EP]. These polymers can be produced with a wide range of compositions and molecular weights. Various aspects of polyketone catalysis, the pol5mierization process, the types and properties of polyketones, and their applications are reviewed. A number of reviews on polyketones have appeared in recent years (1-5). 

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