Abstract
Films of zinc, calcium and aluminum salts of poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) were prepared from their powdery salts by compression molding at 190_??_200°C, 600MPa for 0.5hr and their mechanical and thermal properties were investigated. From the results of the dynamic mechanical thermal analysis the storage modulus of each PAA salts exhibited about 20GPa at room temperature because of highly intermolecular crosslinking of PAA by metal ions. Modulus of PAA calcium salt was 7GPa even at 400°C, while modulus of zinc salt and aluminum salt of PAA decreased abruptly above 200°C. This decrease of modulus was attributed to the abrupt elimination of H2O, which coordinated to metal ions, from specimens at high temperature.
