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Mechanical, thermal properties and isothermal crystallization kinetics of biodegradable poly(butylene succinate-co-terephthalate) (PBST) fibers

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Biodegradable copolymer poly(butylene succinate-co-terephthalate) (PBST), with 70 mol% butylene terephthalate (BT), was melt-spun into fibers with take-up velocity of 2 km/min. The mechanical and thermal properties of the as-spun fibers were investigated through tensile test, DSC and TGA. Compared to poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) fibers, PBST fibers exhibited lower initial tensile modulus and higher tensile elongation at break which indicated their better flexibility. DSC results showed high melting temperature (ca.180.7 °C) of PBST fibers helpful to the textile processing compared to other biodegradable polyesters. Furthermore, isothermal crystallization behaviors of PBST fibers at low and high supercoolings were investigated by DSC and DLI, respectively. The measurement of crystallization kinetics at low supercoolings indicated that Avrami exponent n for PBST fibers was at a range of 2.9 to 3.3, corresponding to the heterogeneous nucleation and a 3-dimensional spherulitic growth. Similar results were given for isothermal crystallization behavior at high supercoolings investigated by DLI technique. Additionally, the equilibrium melting temperature of PBST fibers was obtained for 206.5 °C by Hoffman-Weeks method. Further investigation through DLI measurement provided the temperature at maximum crystallization rate for PBST fibers located at about 90 °C, which was very useful to polymer processing.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China

    Faxue Li & Shengli Luo

  2. Modern Textile Institute, Donghua University, Shanghai, 200051, China

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Li, F., Luo, S. & Yu, J. Mechanical, thermal properties and isothermal crystallization kinetics of biodegradable poly(butylene succinate-co-terephthalate) (PBST) fibers. J Polym Res 17, 279–287 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-009-9315-6

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