화학공학소재연구정보센터
Korea Polymer Journal, Vol.3, No.1, 48-53, April, 1995
Morphological and Thermal properties of Solution Grown Nylon 4,6 Single Crystals
Calorimetric (DSC) and Small Angle X-ray Scattering analyses were used to study the structure and morphological properties of nylon 4,6 single crystals grown in a 1,4-butanediol solution at varied crystallizati temperatures. DSC analysis was used to determine an obtained crystallinity range of 40-50%, slightly higher than the reported range for nylon 6,6 single crystals. Small Angle X-ray Scattering was used to measure lamellar thickness (characterized by a horizontal plateau at crystallization temperatures [Tc] below 130℃, followed by monotonic thickness increases for Tc beyond 130℃). Samples were annealed to remove residual solvents from within the crystals; thermal properties of the crystals were measured to verify the effect of annealing on crystal perfection. DSC melting peaks obtained with scanning rates of less than 80K/min, indicated that changes in the internal morphology of 4,6 crystals occur during heating. The melting temperatures (Tm) of single crystals produced at different crystallization temperatures were plotted against their reciprocal thicknesses to calculate a thermodynamic melting point of 319℃ for an infinitely extended crystal (Tm). Likewise, measured heat fusion values (ΔHm) were plotted against reciprocal thicknesses to establish a heat fusion value of 270 J/g infinite crystal thickness (ΔHo). Applying these values to the Hoffman-Weeks equation yielded a fold surface energy value (σe) of 65 erg/㎠.
  1. Carothers WH, U.S. Patent, 2,130,948 (1938)
  2. Coffman DD, Berchet GJ, Peterson WR, Spanagel EW, J. Polym. Sci., 2, 306 (1947) 
  3. Beaman RG, Cramer FB, J. Polym. Sci., 21, 223 (1956) 
  4. Gaymans RJ, VanUtteren TEC, VanDenBerg JWA, Schuyer J, J. Polym. Sci., 15, 537 (1977) 
  5. Atkins EDT, Keller A, Sadler DM, J. Polym. Sci. A: Polym. Chem., 863 (1972)
  6. Hong SK, Keller A, Macromolecules, 25, 917 (1992) 
  7. Dreyfuss P, Keller A, J. Macromol. Sci.-Phys., 4(4), 811 (1970)
  8. Bunn CW, Garner EV, Proc. Roy. Soc. London, 189, 39 (1947)
  9. Bell JP, Murayama T, J. Polym. Sci. A: Polym. Chem., 7, 1059 (1969)
  10. Sweet GE, Bell JP, J. Polym. Sci. A: Polym. Chem., 10, 1273 (1970)
  11. Arakawa T, Nagatoshi F, Arai N, J. Polym. Sci. C: Polym. Lett., 6, 513 (1968)
  12. Mitomo H, Nakazato K, Kariyama A, Polymer, 19, 1427 (1978) 
  13. Burmester AF, Dreyfuss P, Geil PH, Keller A, J. Polym. Sci. C: Polym. Lett., 10, 769 (1972)
  14. Hoffman JD, Weeks JJ, J. Res. Nat. Bur. Stand. A, 66, 13 (1962)
  15. Hinrichsen G, Makromol. Chem., 166, 291 (1973) 
  16. Magill JH, Girolamo M, Kellar A, Polymer, 22, 43 (1981) 
  17. Dole M, Wunderlich B, Makromol. Chem., 34, 29 (1959) 
  18. Ke B, Sisko AW, J. Polym. Sci., 50, 87 (1961)