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)
(Β°C)
(J/g)
PA6/NaMMT
0
219.3
42.2
PA6β:β12/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)
(Β°C)
(Β°C)
(J/g)
(J/g)
PA6/NaMMT
0
219.5
β
44.8
β
PA6β:β12/NaMMT
20
201.8
183.5
7.3
26.5
40
175.2
154.3
4.1
15.8
60
152.6
131.4
β
21.7
80
149.9
145.6
11.3
21.2
PA12/NaMMT
100
β
172.3
β
31.5
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