Blends of a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer and some flexible chain polymers and the determination of the polymer-polymer interaction parameter of the two polymers

1998 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun Chul Jung ◽  
Heon Sang Lee ◽  
Yong Sung Chun ◽  
Sang-Bum Kim ◽  
Woo Nyon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Parameter ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Flexible Chain ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Polymer Interaction

scholarly journals Fiber Formation and Structural Development of HBA/HNA Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer in High-Speed Melt Spinning

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1134
Author(s):  
Bo Seok Song ◽  
Jun Young Lee ◽  
Sun Hwa Jang ◽  
Wan-Gyu Hahm
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Shear Rate ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Melt Spinning ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Fiber Formation ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer

High-speed melt spinning of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (TLCP) resin composed of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA) and 2-hydroxy-6-napthoic acid (HNA) monomers in a molar ratio of 73/27 was conducted to investigate the characteristic structure development of the fibers under industrial spinning conditions, and the obtained as-spun TLCP fibers were analyzed in detail. The tensile strength and modulus of the fibers increased with shear rate in nozzle hole, draft in spin-line and spinning temperature and exhibited the high values of approximately 1.1 and 63 GPa, respectively, comparable to those of industrial as-spun TLCP fibers, at a shear rate of 70,000 s−1 and a draft of 25. X-ray diffraction demonstrated that the mechanical properties of the fibers increased with the crystalline orientation factor (fc) and the fractions of highly oriented crystalline and non-crystalline anisotropic phases. The results of structure analysis indicated that a characteristic skin–core structure developed at high drafts (i.e., spinning velocity) and low spinning temperatures, which contributed to weakening the mechanical properties of the TLCP fibers. It is supposed that this heterogeneous structure in the cross-section of the fibers was induced by differences in the cooling rates of the skin and core of the fiber in the spin-line.

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