Detection of the brill transition to elucidate localized thermal history in nylon 6/6 injection molded samples

Alicyn Marie Rhoades, Jason Williams, John Beaumont

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Abstract

The semi-crystalline microstructure of nylon 6/6 is directly related to the shear and thermal history of the material. Injection molding freezes in a set microstructure distribution through the thickness of a quenched sample. The relationship between the amorphous and crystalline domains in nylon 6/6 injection molded samples was explored using DMA, Flash DSC and FTIR analysis. The rate of injection during molding was shown to have the most significant effect on final microstructure distribution through the part thickness. Areas within the test geometries were analyzed to determine if the microstrucfure had formed at conditions above or below the Brill transition temperature, providing insight to the condition of localized polymer melt just prior to quenching.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication72nd Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, ANTEC 2014: The Plastics Conference
PublisherSociety of Plastics Engineers
Pages2508-2513
Number of pages6
Volume3
EditionJanuary
StatePublished - 2014
Event72nd Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers: The Plastics Conference, ANTEC 2014 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: Apr 28 2014Apr 30 2014

Other

Other72nd Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers: The Plastics Conference, ANTEC 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period4/28/144/30/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Polymers and Plastics
  • General Chemical Engineering

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