Structure-Property Relationships of Polyamide 12 Grades Exposed to Rapid Crack Extension

Mario Messiha; Andreas Frank; Jan Heimink; Florian Arbeiter; Gerald Pinter

doi:10.3390/ma14195899

Structure-Property Relationships of Polyamide 12 Grades Exposed to Rapid Crack Extension

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14195899 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (19) ◽

pp. 5899

Author(s):

Mario Messiha ◽

Andreas Frank ◽

Jan Heimink ◽

Florian Arbeiter ◽

Gerald Pinter

Keyword(s):

Water Distribution ◽

Slow Crack Growth ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Crack Arrest ◽

External Pressure ◽

Small Scale ◽

Structure Property ◽

Polyamide 12 ◽

Structure Property Relationships ◽

Axial Crack

Thermoplastic materials have established a reputation for long-term reliability in low-pressure gas and water distribution pipe systems. However, occasional Slow Crack Growth (SCG) and Rapid Crack Propagation (RCP) failures still occur. SCG may initiate only a small leak, but it has the potential to trigger RCP, which is much rarer but more catastrophic and destructive. RCP can create a long, straight or meandering axial crack path at speeds of up to hundreds of meters per second. It is driven by internal (residual) and external (pressure) loads and resisted by molecular and morphological characteristics of the polymer. The safe installation and operation of a pipe throughout its service lifetime therefore requires knowledge of its resistance to RCP, particularly when using new materials. In this context, the RCP resistance of five different polyamide (PA) 12 grades was investigated using the ISO 13477 Small-Scale Steady State (S4) test. Since these grades differed not only in molecular weight but also in their use of additives (impact modifiers and pigments), structure-property relationships could be deduced from S4 test results. A new method is proposed for correlating these results more efficiently to evaluate each grade using the crack arrest lengths from individual S4 test specimens.

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Approaches for TEM imaging of cavitation in toughened nylon

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100153737 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. 352-353

Author(s):

Barbara A. Wood

Keyword(s):

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Structure Property ◽

Polymer Systems ◽

Selective Staining ◽

Structure Property Relationships ◽

Rubber Toughened ◽

Shear Yield ◽

Controversial Topic ◽

Selection Of ◽

Diamond Knife

A controversial topic in the study of structure-property relationships of toughened polymer systems is the internal cavitation of toughener particles resulting from damage on impact or tensile deformation.Detailed observations of the influence of morphological characteristics such as particle size distribution on deformation mechanisms such as shear yield and cavitation could provide valuable guidance for selection of processing conditions, but TEM observation of damaged zones presents some experimental difficulties.Previously published TEM images of impact fractured toughened nylon show holes but contrast between matrix and toughener is lacking; other systems investigated have clearly shown cavitated impact modifier particles. In rubber toughened nylon, the physical characteristics of cavitated material differ from undamaged material to the extent that sectioning of heavily damaged regions by cryoultramicrotomy with a diamond knife results in sections of greater than optimum thickness (Figure 1). The detailed morphology is obscured despite selective staining of the rubber phase using the ruthenium trichloride route to ruthenium tetroxide.

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Synthesis and characterization of copolyimides containing fluorine and silicon surface-modifying agents

High Performance Polymers ◽

10.1177/0954008317698315 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 355-364

Author(s):

John W Connell ◽

Christopher J Wohl ◽

Allison M Crow ◽

William T Kim ◽

Michelle H Shanahan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Laminar Flow ◽

Surface Area ◽

Surface Properties ◽

Silicon Surface ◽

Fuel Efficiency ◽

Fine Tuning ◽

Aromatic Diamine ◽

Small Scale ◽

Structure Property ◽

Structure Property Relationships

Understanding the effects that monomer chemistries have on material properties allows for fine tuning of polymer synthesis for current and future applications. In order to develop polymeric-based coatings that have minimal surface adhesion characteristics when exposed to a variety of contaminants, a more thorough understanding of fundamental structure–property relationships is needed. In the aeronautics field, one concept to improve fuel efficiency of future aircraft is to modify the wing design to enable laminar flow. There is a concern that contaminants such as insect residue and other debris will adhere to airflow surfaces and have sufficient height to disrupt laminar flow thereby increasing drag with concomitant loss of fuel efficiency. One potential solution would be a polymer surface or coating that prevents or minimizes adhesion of such contaminants. As part of a structure–property relationship study involving modification of surface properties, a series of copolyimides containing both fluorine and silicon surface-modifying agents (SMAs) were prepared and characterized. Based on knowledge of structure–property relationships with polyimides containing either type of SMA, it was hypothesized that the combination of two different SMAs may lead to unique surface properties as the two SMAs competed for surface area at the polymer–air interface. Copolyimides for this study were prepared through a multistep synthesis using an aromatic dianhydride with equimolar amounts of diamino functionalities comprised of an aromatic diamine along with two SMAs. Films were cast from copoly(amide acid) solutions that were subsequently thermally imidized under a nitrogen atmosphere. Polyimide films and coatings were characterized using differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, contact angle goniometry, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to determine chemical, thermal, and surface properties. Select samples were subject to high velocity insect impacts in a small-scale wind tunnel and the resulting residues were characterized for height and surface area and compared to those of a control surface.

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Structure-Property Relationships in the xZnO-(1-x)alpha-Fe2O3 Nanoparticle System

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-0957-k10-03 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 957 ◽

Author(s):

Monica Sorescu ◽

Lucian Diamandescu ◽

Jason Wood

Keyword(s):

Gas Sensing ◽

Mechanochemical Activation ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Structure Property ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Structure Property Relationships ◽

Immiscible System ◽

Sensing Applications ◽

Fe2o3 Nanoparticle ◽

Nanoparticle System

ABSTRACTThe xZnO-(1-x)α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles system has been obtained by mechanochemical activation for x=0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 and for ball milling times ranging from 2 to 24 hours. Structural and morphological characteristics of the zinc-doped hematite system were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Mössbauer spectroscopy. As ZnO is not soluble in hematite in the bulk form, the present study clearly demonstrates that the solubility limits of an immiscible system can be extended beyond the limits in the solid state by mechanochemical activation. Moreover, this synthesis route allowed us to reach nanometric particle dimensions, which would make the materials very important for gas sensing applications.

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Structure–property relationships in polyamide 12/halloysite nanotube nanocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability ◽

10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.11.006 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 96 (2) ◽

pp. 226-235 ◽

Cited By ~ 102

Author(s):

B. Lecouvet ◽

J.G. Gutierrez ◽

M. Sclavons ◽

C. Bailly

Keyword(s):

Structure Property ◽

Halloysite Nanotube ◽

Polyamide 12 ◽

Structure Property Relationships

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Structure-property relationships of PE/PP sandwiched films

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100126998 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 454-455

Author(s):

J. Petermann ◽

G. Broza ◽

U. Rieck ◽

A. Jaballah ◽

A. Kawaguchi

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Tests ◽

Polymer Materials ◽

Ionic Crystals ◽

Structure Property ◽

Polymer Systems ◽

Structure Property Relationships ◽

Oriented Films ◽

Materials Used ◽

Polymer Laminates ◽

Heated Glass

Oriented overgrowth of polymer materials onto ionic crystals is well known and recently it was demonstrated that this epitaxial crystallisation can also occur in polymer/polymer systems, under certain conditions. The morphologies and the resulting physical properties of such systems will be presented, especially the influence of epitaxial interfaces on the adhesion of polymer laminates and the mechanical properties of epitaxially crystallized sandwiched layers.Materials used were polyethylene, PE, Lupolen 6021 DX (HDPE) and 1810 D (LDPE) from BASF AG; polypropylene, PP, (PPN) provided by Höchst AG and polybutene-1, PB-1, Vestolen BT from Chemische Werke Hüls. Thin oriented films were prepared according to the method of Petermann and Gohil, by winding up two different polymer films from two separately heated glass-plates simultaneously with the help of a motor driven cylinder. One double layer was used for TEM investigations, while about 1000 sandwiched layers were taken for mechanical tests.

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Catalyst Halogenation Enables Rapid and Efficient Polymerizations with Visible to Near-Infrared Light

10.26434/chemrxiv.12588965 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Alex Stafford ◽

Dowon Ahn ◽

Emily Raulerson ◽

Kun-You Chung ◽

Kaihong Sun ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Near Infrared ◽

Transient Absorption ◽

Reaction Times ◽

Infrared Light ◽

Structure Property ◽

Light Emitting ◽

Structure Property Relationships ◽

Nir Light ◽

Light Intensities ◽

Emission Quenching

Driving rapid polymerizations with visible to near-infrared (NIR) light will enable nascent technologies in the emerging fields of bio- and composite-printing. However, current photopolymerization strategies are limited by long reaction times, high light intensities, and/or large catalyst loadings. Improving efficiency remains elusive without a comprehensive, mechanistic evaluation of photocatalysis to better understand how composition relates to polymerization metrics. With this objective in mind, a series of methine- and aza-bridged boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) derivatives were synthesized and systematically characterized to elucidate key structure-property relationships that facilitate efficient photopolymerization driven by visible to NIR light. For both BODIPY scaffolds, halogenation was shown as a general method to increase polymerization rate, quantitatively characterized using a custom real-time infrared spectroscopy setup. Furthermore, a combination of steady-state emission quenching experiments, electronic structure calculations, and ultrafast transient absorption revealed that efficient intersystem crossing to the lowest excited triplet state upon halogenation was a key mechanistic step to achieving rapid photopolymerization reactions. Unprecedented polymerization rates were achieved with extremely low light intensities (< 1 mW/cm<sup>2</sup>) and catalyst loadings (< 50 μM), exemplified by reaction completion within 60 seconds of irradiation using green, red, and NIR light-emitting diodes.

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Structure – Property Relationships of “Gemini” Surfactants and Synergism with Hydrotropes

Tenside Surfactants Detergents ◽

10.3139/113.100325 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 25-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

L. Wattebled ◽

C. Note ◽

A. Laschewsky

Keyword(s):

Gemini Surfactants ◽

Structure Property ◽

Structure Property Relationships

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A Review on Camptothecin Analogs with Promising Cytotoxic Profile

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry ◽

10.2174/1871520618666180327140956 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (13) ◽

pp. 1796-1814 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sk. Abdul Amin ◽

Nilanjan Adhikari ◽

Tarun Jha ◽

Shovanlal Gayen

Keyword(s):

Cell Lines ◽

Cancer Cell ◽

Cancer Cell Lines ◽

Structure Property ◽

Cytotoxic Potential ◽

Structure Property Relationships ◽

Structure Activity ◽

Camptothecin Analogs ◽

Pharmacokinetic Properties ◽

Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships

Camptothecin (CPT), obtained from Camptotheca acuminata (Nyssaceae), is a quinoline type of alkaloid. Apart from various traditional uses, it is mainly used as a potential cytotoxic agent acting against a variety of cancer cell lines. Though searches have been continued for last six decades, still it is a demanding task to design potent and cytotoxic CPTs. Different CPT analogs are synthesized to enhance the cytotoxic potential as well as to increase the pharmacokinetic properties of these analogs. Some of these analogs were proven to be clinically effective in different cancer cell lines. In this article, different CPT analogs have been highlighted extensively to get a detail insight about the structure-property relationships as well as different quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) modeling of these analogs are also discussed. This study may be beneficial for designing newer CPT analogs in future.

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