Investigation of the rigid amorphous fraction in Nylon-6

摘要

A three-phase model, comprising crystalline, mobile amorphous, and rigid amorphous fractions (χ c, χ MA, χ RA, respectively) has been applied in the study of semicrystalline Nylon-6. The samples studied were Nylon-6 alpha phase prepared by subsequent annealing of a parent sample slowly cooled from the melt. The treated samples were annealed at 110°C, then briefly heated to 136°C, then re-annealed at 110°C. Temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC) measurements allow the devitrification of the rigid amorphous fraction to be examined.