Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 1984, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 51-56.

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ON THE RELATION OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND TEMPERATURE WITH THE CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOUR OF cis—POLYBUTADIENE

Xu Yang, Yu Fushen, Zhou Enle, Qian Baogong   

  1. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Academia Sinica
  • Received:1984-02-08 Revised:1984-03-27 Published:1984-09-10 Online:1984-09-10

Abstract: It has been shown that cis-1,4-polybutadiene obtained by rare-earth catalyst (Ln-PB) possesses a cis-1,4-content higher than 98%,and can be crystallized rapidly at low temperature. This paper presents our study on the relation of molecular weight and temperature with the crystallization behaviour of Ln-PB with dilatometer and electron microscope. A set of crystallization rate curves of Ln-PB is given in this paper. It is seen that the minimum rate of crystallization occurs in the range of η=4.6-6.7×105, while the maximum rate in the range of η= 3.0-3.8×106.The result has been interpreted in terms of the nucleus theory of crystallization. It is also shown that, for Ln-PB, there is a transition at about -20℃ from regime Ⅰ to regime Ⅱ as crystallization temperature decreases. The interfacial free energy of Ln-PB, σe, is to be about 17erg/cm2, when η<106, which increases with increasing molecular weight when η>106.