Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol.34, No.2, 335-340, 1996
Small-Angle Neutron-Scattering Study on the Transamidition of Polyamide-4.6
The interchange or so-called transamidation process in polyamide-4.6 was investigated by means of small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). For this purpose, a 50/50 blend of partially deuterated and fully hydrogenous polyamide-4.6 was processed at 300 degrees C for variable times (1-20 min). The obtained results are in line with the theory as described by Benoit to quantify the transesterfication process in homopolyesters. An exponential relaxation time tau of approximately 1500 s was obtained. On the basis of this relaxation time tau, it can be calculated that approximately four interchange reactions per chain occur in polyamide-4.6 during a typical processing time of 3 min at 300 degrees C. The data interpretation is not complicated by the presence of some crystallinity in polyamide-4.6.
Keywords:INTERCHANGE REACTIONS;TRANS-ESTERIFICATION;POLY(ETHYLENE-TEREPHTHALATE);TRANSESTERIFICATION