1. Polyamides based on the renewable monomer, 1,13-tridecane diamine I: synthesis and characterization of nylon 13,T
- Author
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Bret J. Chisholm, Jessica Lattimer, Mukund P. Sibi, Jie He, Sermadurai Selvakumar, Chad A. Ulven, James Bahr, and Satyabrata Samanta
- Subjects
Materials science ,Polymers and Plastics ,Tridecane ,Crystal structure ,Pollution ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Monomer ,Nylon 6 ,chemistry ,law ,Diamine ,Polyamide ,Polymer chemistry ,Materials Chemistry ,Crystallization ,Glass transition - Abstract
Nylon 13,T was successfully synthesized, and its chemical composition, thermal properties, crystal structure and moisture absorption were characterized. Melting temperature and glass transition temperature were deter-mined to be 263 and 90°C, respectively, while the equilibrium melting temperature was determined to be 289°C. Characterization of the crystallization kinetics showed that nylon 13,T exhibits very fast crystallization compared with the industrially important nylons, nylon 6 and nylon 6,6. In addition, the moisture absorption of nylon 13,T was dramatically lower than nylon 6 and nylon 6,6, which is consistent with the much lower amide content of nylon 13,T. The crystal structure was determined to be pseudohexagonal.
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- 2013