Structural and Thermo-mechanical Evaluation of Two Engineering Thermoplastic Polymers in Contact with Ethanol Fuel from Sugarcane

Materials Research

关键词: Ageing;    Ethanol;    Microindentation tests;    Microhardness;    Elastic modulus;    Crystallinity;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1980-5373-MR-2015-0480

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Special polymers have been used in the manufacture of storage structures and pipelines avoiding corrosive processes during ethanol fuel transport/storage. Therefore, this work investigated comparatively the effects of the ethanol on the physical-mechanical properties of poly (ether ether ketone) (PEEK) and polyamide 11 (PA-11) based on ageing tests. The WAXD and DSC results demonstrated slight reductions on the crystallinity degree of the aged PEEK, contrariwise to what happened with PA-11, where Xcincreased after ageing. However, the results of thermal, thermomechanical and mechanical analysis (TGA, DMTA, tensile and micro-IITs) demonstrated that PEEK is stable and no significant changes were observed in its elastic modulus (Ey≈ 3.4 GPa, E’ andEit≈ 3.7 GPa) or glass transition temperature. PA-11, conversely, was sensitive to ethanol fuel and expressive changes of its physical-mechanical properties were verified. For both materials, a reasonable correlation between crystallinity and mechanical properties was established.

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