Influential Factors in the Synthesis of Polymethylhydrogenosiloxane Obtained via Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization Using Synthetic Silica-Aluminates as Catalysts
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In the ambit of the synthesis of silicon polymers and elastomers, there are a lot of variables that affect the final properties of the material, and consequently, their applications. In this work, we synthetized polymethylhydrogensiloxane using the ring opening polymerization (ROP) with 2,4,6,8-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane as monomer (D4 H), a synthetic aluminosilicate like catalytic species and hexamethyldisiloxane as chain blocker. We made a set of experiments, in order to find the effect on the reaction yield, the absence of crosslinking, crosslinking degree and the mechanical properties of the final polymers. We found that the factor “chain blocker addition time” is significant for yield reaction and crosslinking degree of the elastomers, obtaining a greater crosslinking degree and reaction yield when is added at the beginning of the reaction. Also, using DSC measurements, we found an endothermal signal in 553 K corresponding to the elastomer’s chains rearrangement to dissipate the heat supplied. We obtained PMHS chains up to 24,270 g/mol indicating the ability of this kind of catalysts to achieve relatively high molecular weight chains. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V.
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CROP; Elastomer; Polymethylhydrogensiloxane; Silica-aluminates Aluminum compounds; Catalysts; Cationic polymerization; Crops; Crosslinking; Elastomers; Plastics; Silica; Catalytic species; Cationic ring opening polymerization; Cross-linking degree; DSC measurements; Hexamethyl disiloxane; High molecular weight; Influential factors; Polymethylhydrogensiloxane; Ring opening polymerization
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