Research Article
Influence of Laurolactam Content on the Clay Intercalation of Polyamide 6,12/Clay Nanocomposites Synthesized by Open Ring Anionic Polymerization
Table 1
Fusion temperature () and enthalpy of fusion () of the obtained homo- and copolymer compounds of CL and LL with NaMMT, using CLNa and CLMgBr.
| Using CLNa as initiator | LL concentration (% mol) | (°C) | (J/g) |
| PA6/NaMMT | 0 | 219.3 | 42.2 | PA6 : 12/NaMMT | 20 | 197.2 | 35.1 | 40 | 144.5 | 19.9 | 60 | 135.0 | 22.1 | 80 | 142.5 | 21.7 | PA12/NaMMT | 100 | 174.0 | 35.1 |
| Using CLMgBr as initiator | LL concentration (% mol) | (°C) | (°C) | (J/g) | (J/g) |
| PA6/NaMMT | 0 | 219.5 | — | 44.8 | — | PA6 : 12/NaMMT | 20 | 201.8 | 183.5 | 7.3 | 26.5 | 40 | 175.2 | 154.3 | 4.1 | 15.8 | 60 | 152.6 | 131.4 | — | 21.7 | 80 | 149.9 | 145.6 | 11.3 | 21.2 | PA12/NaMMT | 100 | — | 172.3 | — | 31.5 |
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