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Robert Weiss

Sulfonated EPDM

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Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Studies Of Zinc Stearate Filled Sulfonated Epdm, D. A. Jackson, J. T. Koberstein, Robert Weiss Jul 2014

Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Studies Of Zinc Stearate Filled Sulfonated Epdm, D. A. Jackson, J. T. Koberstein, Robert Weiss

Robert Weiss

The crystallization, melting, and dissolution behavior of zinc stearate (ZnSt) in ZnSt-filled sulfonated poly(ethylene-co-propylene-co-ethylidene norbornene) (SEPDM) ionomers was studied by synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The melting temperature of ZnSt in the ionomer was considerably lower than in the pure state, which was consistent with the existence of very small ZnSt crystalline domains and a specific interaction between the metal sulfonate groups of the SEPDM and the metal carboxylate groups of ZnSt. Temperature-resolved SAXS showed that, on melting, some or all of the ZnSt rapidly dissolved into the ionomer. Ionic aggregates in the neat ionomer persisted up to 300°C. Microphase …


Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Studies Of Zinc Stearate-Filled Sulfonated Epdm Ionomers, D. A. Jackson, J. T. Koberstein, Robert Weiss Jul 2014

Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Studies Of Zinc Stearate-Filled Sulfonated Epdm Ionomers, D. A. Jackson, J. T. Koberstein, Robert Weiss

Robert Weiss

The crystallization, melting, and dissolution behavior of zinc stearate (ZnSt) in ZnSt-filled sulfonated poly(ethylene-co-propylene-co-ethylidene norbornene) (SEPDM) ionomers was studied by synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The melting temperature of ZnSt in the ionomer was considerably lower than in the pure state, which was consistent with the existence of very small ZnSt crystalline domains and a specific interaction between the metal sulfonate groups of the SEPDM and the metal carboxylate groups of ZnSt. Temperature-resolved SAXS showed that, on melting, some or all of the ZnSt rapidly dissolved into the ionomer. Ionic aggregates in the neat ionomer persisted up to 300°C. Microphase …