单边裂纹聚苯乙烯样品拉伸断裂过程的声发射

本文测定了单边裂纹聚苯乙烯(PS)样品在拉伸加载时的声发射以及声发射事件按幅度、脉宽、计数和位置的分布,实验证实,单边裂纹PS样品拉伸时的声发射来源于裂纹端部银纹区的变形、断裂和扩展,大部分总振铃计数由裂纹亚临界和失稳扩展引起,在重复加载时观察到PS声发射的Kaiser效应。     

稀土元素对半钢冲击疲劳性能的影响

研究了稀土元素对半钢冲击疲劳性能的影响。采用金相显微镜、扫描电镜观察了经疲劳试验后半钢中碳化物的形貌、疲劳裂纹的萌生与扩展 ;测定了稀土含量与总裂纹的长度和裂纹扩展速率之间的关系曲线。结果表明 ,稀土能推迟裂纹萌生的时间 ,降低裂纹扩展速率 ,提高其冲击疲劳抗力。当半钢中添加 0 .2 %RE及 960℃× 3h正火处理共同作用时 ,抗冲击效果最显著。其原因主要归于网状共晶碳化物形态与分布的改变     

稀土变质及热处理对耐磨铸铁冲击疲劳性能的影响

采用金相显微镜、扫描电镜观察了经冲击疲劳试验后耐磨铸铁中碳化物的形貌、疲劳裂纹的萌生与扩展,测定了稀土含量及加热温度与裂纹的长度和裂纹扩展之间的关系曲线,在此基础上探讨了稀土变质及热处理对耐磨铸铁冲击疲劳性能的影响.结果表明: 稀土能推迟裂纹萌生的时间,降低裂纹扩展速率,提高其冲击疲劳抗力.当稀土与热处理共同作用时,效果更显著.其原因主要归于网状共晶碳化物形态与分布的改变.     

几种高聚物拉伸过程中的声发射现象

研究了４种塑料ＰＳ、ＰＯＭ、ＡＢＳ和ＰＣ拉伸过程中的声发射现象，发现声发射信号主要产生在屈服前和断裂时，说明高聚物的声发射信号主查由于分子链的解缠结，晶体的滑移裂纹的亚临界扩展和分子链的断裂等诸因素产生的，ＡＢＳ拉伸时大面积银纹的生成也可能是信号源，拉伸应变速率，材料的结构和不同的屈服过程等对塑料的拉伸声发射规律有较大影响。     

化学镀非晶态Ni-P镀层的结合强度研究

四点弯曲法与声发射相结合,用于测定化学镀Ｎｉ－Ｐ镀层与基体的结合强度．实验结果与复合板模型的计算相一致．所测得的声发射曲线与镀层失效的外貌有关,凸起形（即鼓包）镀层失效对应于附着失效,横向裂纹失效对应于镀层的内聚失效．     

稀土对高镍铬合金铸铁热疲劳性能的影响

研究了高镍铬合金铸铁热轧辊用材料的裂纹形成和在热循环４０和７０周次后裂纹的扩展过程。结果表明：稀土元素的加入，能明显提高高镍铬合金铸铁热轧辊用材料的抗疲劳性能，使裂纹出现时冷热循环次数提高４２％－１６３％，同时给出稀土加入量以０．０５ｗｔ％－０．１５ｗｔ％为宜。     

PC及PC/ABS共混物的疲劳裂纹扩展研究

研究了聚碳酸酯(PC)和PC/ABS高分子材料的疲劳裂纹扩展规律,利用改进柔度法测量其裂纹扩展速率,采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察其断口形貌,分析疲劳裂纹扩展机理.在较大裂纹扩展速率(10-6～10-3mm/cycle)范围内,PC/ABS的疲劳裂纹扩展速率可以用Paris公式da/dN=9·5587×10-5(ΔK)2·88381来描述.高分子材料PC的疲劳裂纹扩展速率约为高分子材料PC/ABS的3倍.高分子材料PC/ABS疲劳裂纹面上的特征以韧窝为主,较低裂纹扩展速率对应较小的韧窝,较高裂纹扩展速率对应较大的韧窝.高分子材料PC疲劳裂纹面有明显的不连续裂纹扩展带,其裂纹面相对较平.     

CePO_4/Ce-ZrO_2可加工陶瓷性能与断裂机制研究

以Ce ZrO2为基体,通过复合不同加入量的第二相CePO4颗粒,研究了陶瓷材料力学性能的变化,并借助加载能谱仪(EDS)的扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对材料弯曲断口及压痕裂纹扩展方式进行分析。当CePO4加入量为25%时,虽然材料力学性能有一定下降,但已经能用WC刀具进行加工。材料的弯曲断口显示,CePO4在两相体系中的断裂呈层片状形式;加入CePO4后,由于两相之间弱结合界面的存在,压痕裂纹扩展形式发生明显变化,由连续扩展机制过渡为不连续扩展。由这两种机制形成的材料断裂过程是阶段性的,在实际中可以用作材料最终破坏前的预报。     

CePO4／Ce—ZrO2可加工陶瓷性能与断裂机制研究

以Ce-ZrO2为基体，通过复合不同加入量的第二相CePO4颗粒，研究了陶瓷材料力学性能的变化，并借助加载能谱仪(EDS)的扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对材料弯曲断口及压痕裂纹扩展方式进行分析。当CePO4加入量为25％时，虽然材料力学性能有一定下降，但已经能用WC刀具进行加工。材料的弯曲断口显示，CePO4在两相体系中的断裂呈层片状形式；加入CePO4后，由于两相之间弱结合界面的存在，压痕裂纹扩展形式发生明显变化，由连续扩展机制过渡为不连续扩展。由这两种机制形成的材料断裂过程是阶段性的，在实际中可以用作材料最终破坏前的预报。     

Y2O3,CeO2掺杂的Mg-PSZ陶瓷材料研究

采用传统的陶瓷工艺制备少量掺杂Ｙ２Ｏ３,ＣｅＯ２的Ｍｇ－ＰＳＺ陶瓷,材料在较低的温度下烧结致密并实现了微晶化,探讨了Ｙ２Ｏ３,ＣｅＯ２的复合稳定作用和１１００℃热处理过程对材料相组成、显微结构和力学性能的影响。经１１００℃适当时间热处理,Ｙ２Ｏ３,ＣｅＯ２的复合稳定作用有效报制亚共析分解反应发生,优化调整ｃ－ＺｒＯ２晶粒中的ｔ－ＺｒＯ２析出体成核长大过程。断裂特征为穿晶、沿晶兼有,相变增韧和微裂纹     

Influence of morphology on the fracture toughness of isotactic polypropylene

An adaptation of the fracture toughness test method, the J-integral technique, is described within the general framework of polymer fracture behavior. It is shown that there is a strong interaction between different morphological parameters in the way they affect the fracture behavior of isotactic polypropylene (iPP). The fracture toughness decreases with increasing crystallinity at a fixed spherulite size. The fracture toughness also decreases slightly with increasing spherulite size at a constant crystallinity, but this may not be a pure spherulite size effect. The use of a nucleating agent results in a very fine spherulitic structure but facilitates crack growth and reduces the material toughness beyond the crack initiation stage. This suggests that the material behavior is dictated by the increase in crystallization temperature caused by the presence of the nucleating agent and not by the change in spherulite size. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Effect of nucleating agent on the brittle–ductile transition behavior of polypropylene/ethylene–octene copolymer blends

In the present work, α‐form nucleating agent 1,3:2,4‐bis (3,4‐dimethylbenzylidene) sorbitol (DMDBS, Millad 3988) is introduced into the blends of polypropylene/ethylene–octene copolymer (PP/POE) blends to study the effect of the nucleating agent on the toughness of PP/POE blends through affecting the crystallization behavior of PP matrix. Compared with the PP/POE blends, in which the toughness of the blends increases gradually with the increasing content of POE and only a weak transition in toughness is observed, addition of 0.2 wt % DMDBS induces not only the definitely brittle‐ductile transition at low POE content but also the enhancement of toughness and tensile strength of the blends simultaneously. Study on the morphologies of impact‐fractured surfaces suggests that the addition of a few amounts of DMDBS increases the degree of plastic deformation of sample during the fracture process. WAXD results suggest that POE induces the formation of the β‐form crystalline of PP; however, DMDBS prevents the formation of it. SEM results show that the addition of DMDBS does not affect the dispersion and phase morphologies of POE particles in PP matrix. DSC and POM results show that, although POE acts as a nucleating agent for PP crystallization and which enhances the crystallization temperature of PP and decreases the spherulites size of PP slightly, DMDBS induces the enhancement of the crystallization temperature of PP and the decrease of spherulites size of PP more greatly. It is concluded that the definitely brittle–ductile transition behavior during the impact process and the great improvement of toughness of the blends are attributed to the sharp decrease of PP spherulites size and their homogeneous distribution obtained by the addition of nucleating agent. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 577–588, 2008     

Effects of humidity on environmental stress cracking behavior in poly(methyl methacrylate)

Environmental stress cracking (ESC) in poly(methyl methacrylate) under different humidity conditions has been investigated. Constant stress‐intensity factor (K) ring‐type specimens were prepared, and all specimens were equilibrated at five different humidity conditions for about two years. ESC tests were carried out under the same humidity as specimens had been stored. Acoustic emission (AE) signals during ESC tests were also measured to examine the crack‐growth behavior. The threshold K value (K_th) tended to increase with increasing humidity. At a relative humidity (RH) of 11%, crack growth occurred gradually until 40 ks under a K value of 0.70 MPam^1/2, and then the crack‐growth rate began to increase and AE events were observed. A laser microscopic observation indicated that the crack extended by the coalescence between a main crack and a microcrack ahead of the main crack tip. AE signals generated are considered to be associated with the coalescence. At 98% RH, an incubation period where no crack growth was observed existed under a K value of 0.94 MPam^1/2, but the crack began to grow suddenly after that incubation period. This suggests that the craze at the crack tip may become weaker with increasing loading time under high humidity. Although the crack‐growth rate at 98% RH was higher than that at 11% RH, no AE events were observed. This suggests that the crack extended stably in the craze at a crack tip, and sorbed water may make the craze growth easy. All the results suggest that two different ESC mechanisms are activated depending on sorbed water that are varied by humidity. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 1–9, 2002     

纤维素芳族酯热致液晶对PET结晶成核作用的研究

用自制的热致液晶性纤维素芳族酯(CAE)作聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)的成核剂,研究了PET/CAE体系(CAE含量≤1%)在110～200℃温度范围内的等温结晶动力学特性.结果表明,CAE能显著加快PET结晶速率(Z),Z随结晶温度和CAE含量变化均有极大值Z_max(T_C)和Z_max(W_CAE),Z_max(T_C)对应的温度T_max随CAE含量增加而降低,CAE促进PET结晶的作用机理与普通成核剂不同.     

Effect of wood flour as nucleating agent on the isothermal crystallization of poly(lactic acid)

The effect of wood flour (WF) as an efficient nucleating agent on the isothermal melt crystallization and isothermal cold crystallization behavior of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) was investigated by differential scanning calorimeter and polarized optical microscopy. It was found that the incorporation of 4 wt% WF promoted the crystallization of PLA about 4.2%. Polarized optical microscopy results showed the Maltese cross of the samples. The presence of the 4 wt% WF may increase the nucleation density, leading to the increase of the spherulites; however, the size of the spherulites decreased, and the structure became incomplete. The Avrami model was applied to analyze the isothermal crystallization kinetics. It is concluded that the addition of WF modified the crystallization process of PLA (the value of Avrami exponent changed). Various parameters, such as the crystallization half time and crystallization rate constant, reflect that 4 wt% WF significantly improves the crystallization process. The observations in this article indicate that WF is an efficient nucleating agent of PLA. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Study of layered silicate clays as synergistic nucleating agent for polypropylene

Effect of very small quantities of organically modified layered silicate clay on the nucleation of polypropylene (PP), as an additive at ppm levels dosage was investigated, in combination with two of the most commercially exploited organic nucleating agents, one of which is a cyclic aromatic phosphinate salt and the other is bis(3,4‐dimethylbenzylidene) sorbitol, each representing a separate class of nucleating molecules by itself. Substitution of a considerable fraction of either of these organic nucleating agents with organically modified inorganic nanoclay was seen to result in a unique synergy between the two in nucleating PP. Polarized light microscopy studies of these synergistic formulations with organoclay to nucleating agent ratios of 1:1 and 1:3 totaling 0.2 weight percent in PP showed significant reduction in spherulite size from that of non‐nucleated PP, and compared with the samples containing exclusive organic nucleating agent at similar loading. Differential scanning calorimetric studies provided evidence and insight into such synergistic behavior. Crystallization and supercooling temperatures for the synergistic formulations were comparable for those formulations containing only organic nucleating agents, indicating comparable nucleation efficiency, whereas organoclay alone, although showing some extent of nucleation, was clearly poorer in efficiency. Wide and small angle X‐ray scattering studies further explained these observations. An increase in the gamma polytype fraction was seen in samples that contained both organoclay and nucleating agent, pointing to the role of organoclay as a gamma nucleator. Organoclay was found to be completely exfoliated in these synergistic formulations and was seen as well‐dispersed, single platelets in the PP matrix. A hybrid network consisting of exfoliated organoclay platelets and organic nucleating agent molecules was proposed, which is more stable and stiffer than the network formed by nucleating agent alone. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 1786–1794, 2010     

Different influences of nucleating agents on crystallization behavior of polyethylene and polypropylene

The crystallization behavior of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), including the neat ones and the ones nucleated with the same nucleating agent (NA), was studied by DSC. It was found that the nucleating agent decelerated the PE nonisothermal crystallization process. NA did enhance the nucleating rates for both PE and PP, but the linear growth rate dominated the volumetric growth rate for PE, and the volumetric growth rate dominated the overall crystallization rate. That is why PE nucleated with NA had a slower overall crystallization rate than the neat one.     

Structure and mechanical properties controlling of elastomer modified polypropylene by compounded β/α nucleating agents

Previous work showed that there was a synergistic effect of nucleating agent (NA) and elastomer in improving the fracture resistance of isotactic polypropylene (PP), relating to the formation of large amounts of β‐PP (β‐NA nucleated system) or the decrease of the spherulites diameters of α‐PP (α‐NA nucleated system). To find the direct relation between the synergistic efficiency of NA/elastomer and the microstructures of the materials, in this work, the ethylene‐propylene‐diene terpolymer (EPDM) modified PP blends with compounded NAs (β/α) were adopted and the changes of the microstructure and mechanical properties were investigated comparatively. The results showed that, with the adjustment of the mass fraction of compounded NAs, the microstructures of PP matrix including supermolecular structure and the relative fraction of β‐PP (K_β) change accordingly. Specifically, the K_β of β‐PP was successfully adjusted in the wide range of 0–78.9%. Consequently, the stiffness and the fracture resistance of the PP/EPDM blends were easily controlled in different degrees. It is believed that this work could provide a guide map for the design and preparation of certain polymer blends satisfying certain requirement. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys, 2011     

Synthesis,Characterization and Application of Methyl 3,5-Disulfo-benzoate Dipotassium Dihydrate as Nucleating Agent for Poly（L-lactide）

A newly synthesized aromatic sulfonate compound,complex 2 with formula of K2[H3COOC-C6H3（SO3）2]·2H2O（methyl 3,5-disulfo-benzoate dipotassium dihydrate） was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis,infrared（IR） spectrometry,nuclear magnetic resonance（NMR） and crystal structure measurement.Single-crystal X-ray diffraction（XRD） revealed that complex 2 crystallized in the triclinic system with space group P（i）.Complex 2 was used as nucleating agent for poly（L-lactide）（PLLA）.The crystallization of PLLA with powder of complex 2 was investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry（DSC） and polarized optical microscopy （POM）.The results prove that complex 2 was effective as nucleating agent for PLLA.It could accelerate crystallization by reducing the induction time and increasing the density of nuclei in the crystallization process.The half-time of crystallization（t0.5） for pure PLLA was about 8 times longer than that of PLLA sample with 1.0％（mass fraction） of complex 2.     

Study of the crystallization behaviors of isotactic polypropylene with sodium benzoate as a specific versatile nucleating agent

Sodium benzoate (SB), a conventional nucleating agent of α‐phase isotactic polypropylene (iPP) was discovered to induce the creation of β‐phase iPP under certain crystalline conditions. Polarized optical microscopy (POM) and wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD) were carried out to verify the versatile nucleating activity of SB and investigate the influences of SB's content, isothermal crystallization temperature, and crystallization time on the formation of β‐phase iPP. The current experimental results indicated that, under isothermal crystallization conditions, SB showed peculiar nucleating characteristics on inducing iPP crystallization which were different from those of the commercial β form nucleating agent (TMB‐5). The content of β crystal form of iPP nucleated with SB (PP/SB) increased initially with the increase of crystallization temperature, nucleating agent (SB) percentage or crystallization time, reached a maximum value, and then decreased as the crystallization temperature, nucleating agent percentage or crystallization time further increased. While the content of β crystal form of iPP nucleated with TMB‐5 (PP/TMB‐5) showed a completely different changing pattern with the crystallization conditions. The obvious difference of the two kinds of nucleating agents on inducing iPP crystallization can be explained by the versatile nucleating ability of SB. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 1183–1192, 2008