Crosslink Density Changes during the Hydrolysis of Tridimensional Polyesters
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2014Journal
Macromolecular Materials and EngineeringAbstract
The hydrolysis of almost ideal networks based on macrodiols of average molar mass about 2 kg mol 1, with L¼18 ester groups per chain is studied. Tensile testing is used to evaluate the crosslink density through the statistical theory of rubber elasticity at two temperatures and three values of relative humidity. A kinetic model for ester consumption including an autocatalysis term is proposed and combined with two original approaches for modeling the crosslink density changes. This allows kinetic parameters of hydrolysis to be determined, and very good predictions are obtained for the variations of crosslink density (or elastic modulus) in the three aging conditions considered. The initial curvature of elastic modulus versus time is predicted positive for weak autocatalysis and negative for strong autocatalysis. The obtained conversion ratio at degelation is found to decrease sharply with the number of esters per elastically active chain
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