Polymers, Vol. 16, Pages 1956: Poisson’s Ratio Prediction of Injection Molded Thermoplastics Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry

Polymers, Vol. 16, Pages 1956: Poisson’s Ratio Prediction of Injection Molded Thermoplastics Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry

Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym16141956

Authors: Tetsuo Takayama Yuuki Nagasawa

In the development of thermoplastic products, it is necessary to conduct the necessary mechanical tests and evaluate the reliability of thermoplastics in each case, because the mechanical properties of the same material vary depending on the molding process conditions and product shape. In order to build a sustainable society, it is expected that the evaluation of the mechanical properties of thermoplastics, which are resource and energy saving, will be required. In this paper, the glass transition temperature and melting point of injection-molded thermoplastics were evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry, and the correlation between Poisson’s ratio and free volume was obtained by applying the theory proposed by Flory et al. A certain correlation was found between the Poisson’s ratio of polymers and the change in free volume determined by the glass transition temperature. It is also clear that this relationship can be approximated by orders of magnitude. The Poisson’s ratio of the core layer tended to be smaller than that of the skin layer. It has also been found that there is a negative correlation between the Young’s modulus and the free volume of the polymer material.