Studies on the thermal and structural properties in addition to the dynamic mechanical property were made to clarify the mechanical relaxation mechanisms of poly (
p-phenylene terephthalamide) (PPTA) fiber.
The modulus and density increase with increasing annealing temperature up to ca. 750K, at which PPTA fiber is thermally decomposed remarkably.
Two relaxation regions are discernible in the temperature range investigated, and these are labeled β (273K) and β
* (523K) relaxations. The following molecular mechanisms are associated with these relaxations on the basis of experimental results of treatment in the boiling water and annealing at various temperatures: (1) The β relaxation arises from thermal molecular motion in the amorphous region and (2) the β
* relaxation is associated with that in the crystalline region.
By use of X-ray measurement the thermal expansion coefficients of the (200) and (110) planes were determined. The coefficient of the b-axis (hydrogen bonded direction) reveals a distinct break at about 423K and then deviates from the linear relationship above the temperature range. The temperature range of the distinct break in the linear thermal expansion seems to be consistent with the temperature range where the raising of the tan δ curve of the β
* relaxation from the base line is recognized. This fact suggests that the β
* relaxation process is associated with thermal molecular motion in the crystalline region.
Also, the β relaxation process was well resolved into the three relaxation ones (β
1, β
2, β
3) by dynamic mechanical measurements at 3.5Hz.
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