The structure and physical properties of copolymers of lactams

摘要

AbstractCopolymers of caprolactam with caprylolactam and laurolactam were prepared by activated anionic copolymerization under adiabatic conditions, at an initial polymerization temperature ofT0= 130°C. The drop of the crystalline phase content and changes of the copolymer morphological structure depending on the content of comonomers result in increasing toughness and deformability due to enhanced yielding ability. The dependences of the copolymer structure and properties on the concentration of comonomers are different for the two series of copolymers. This results from different courses of the polymerization and crystallization history as a consequence of a large difference between polymerization rates of caprylolactam and laurolactam