A new kinetic model for predicting polyamide 6-6 hydrolysis and its mechanical embrittlement

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1049-1059

  El Mazry, C ^a,b   Correc, O ^a   Colin, X ^b  

^a CSTB   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chain scission; Chemicrystallisation; Embrittlement; Hydrolysis; Kinetic modelling; Polyamide

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASE; CHAIN SCISSION; CHEMICRYSTALLISATION; CRITICAL VALUE; CRYSTALLINITIES; DISTILLED WATER; ENTANGLEMENT NETWORKS; EQUILIBRIUM VALUE; HYDROLYSIS AND CONDENSATION; INITIAL VALUES; INVERSE METHODS; KINETIC CHARACTERISTICS; KINETIC MODELLING; KINETIC MODELS; MECHANISTIC SCHEME; MOLTEN STATE; NUMBER AVERAGE; ULTIMATE ELONGATION; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING; WATER DIFFUSION;

AMIDES; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EMBRITTLEMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; POLYAMIDES; RATE CONSTANTS; TENSILE TESTING;

HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84860382519     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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