Silicone Chain Extender for Recycled Polyethylene-terephthalate with Higher Flexibility

王莉^1,2，HAO Tonghui³，HUANG Long⁴，HUANG Ji²，黄容华²

1. North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power2. School of Power & Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University3. School of Materials Science & Engineering, Hubei University4. Engineering Center of New Tobacco Product,China Tobacco Hubei Industrial Co Ltd

摘 要：To decrease the modulus and increase the mechanical properties of recycled PET by introducing the flexible segments, the recycled polyethylene-terephthalate（PET） was modified by the chain extender produced with 2, 4, 6, 8-tetramethyl-2, 4, 6, 8-tetra（2, 3-epoxypropoxy） propylcyclotetrasiloxane by the hydrosilylation reaction. Different percentages of chain extender were used in order to investigate the effect of chain extender content on the modulus of PET. The dynamic mechanical analysis was performed on PET samples, which showed that Tg of PET was firstly raised by the addition of chain extender and then decreased. Small amplitude shearing test performed on PET samples confirmed that the addition of the flexible segments could remarkably decrease the modulus of PET, which would be helpful for the extrusion process. The entanglements from branches were also influenced by the addition of extender.

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