{"title":"Hydrolytic Degradation of Thermoplastic Copolyester Nanocomposites","authors":"Eid M. Alosime","doi":"10.19080/ajop.2018.02.555581","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Chain extenders remain necessary in improving the molecular weight of TPE-E and, consequently, broaden their industrial applications. Chain extenders help in the substitution of polyester hydrolysis-caused molecular weight damage, leading to the production of a polymer with desired melting strength and rheological properties. The chain extenders function effectively, predominantly due to their bi-functional groups that inherently react with polymer terminal groups. Moreover, specific chain extenders, such as tetraglycidyl-4,4-diamino-diphenylmethane (TGDDM), are vital in the enhancement of TPE-E molecular weights. Consequently, TPE-E would have improved rheological, mechanical, and thermal characteristics [4].","PeriodicalId":6991,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal of Polymer Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Academic Journal of Polymer Science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.19080/ajop.2018.02.555581","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Chain extenders remain necessary in improving the molecular weight of TPE-E and, consequently, broaden their industrial applications. Chain extenders help in the substitution of polyester hydrolysis-caused molecular weight damage, leading to the production of a polymer with desired melting strength and rheological properties. The chain extenders function effectively, predominantly due to their bi-functional groups that inherently react with polymer terminal groups. Moreover, specific chain extenders, such as tetraglycidyl-4,4-diamino-diphenylmethane (TGDDM), are vital in the enhancement of TPE-E molecular weights. Consequently, TPE-E would have improved rheological, mechanical, and thermal characteristics [4].