ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Bisphenol fluorenone carbonate-dimethylsiloxane block polymers have been synthesized by interfacial condensation of phosgene with various mixtures of BPF-endcapped silicone oligomers and free BPF or its monosodium salt. The multisequence block polymers described here contain 7% to 27% silicone consisting of blocks of number-average degree of polymerization 10 to 40. Cast films are clear and colorless. Two glass temperatures are evident in each resin, one at about -100°C for the silicone microdomains and one at temperatures as high as 275°C for the polycarbonate matrix. While BPF polycarbonate is brittle, block polymers with as little as 10% silicone yield by shear deformation before breaking. Ultimate elongations are increased by preorientation at silicone contents above 15%. At temperatures far removed from BPF carbonate domain Tg's, both modulus and yield stress decrease with increasing silicone content, independent of block length, in a manner rationalized quantitatively by hard phase-soft phase continuum models. Ultimate tensile elongation, impact toughness, and plane strain stress intensity factors increase with silicone content, through a stress whitening mechanism. At higher silicone contents, shear deformation enhances tensile elongation and impact toughness. Heat distortion temperatures of 200°C or more are achieved. Flame resistance exceeds that of any known nonhalogenated resin. The resins are extrudable and injection moldable with only minor changes in color, transparency, and strength properties. Resins with 15% to 20% silicone can have a balance of properties that makes them attractive as tough, transparent heat- and flame- resistant engineering plastics.
Additional Material:
14 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1976.070201209
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