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“熔纺—拉伸”法制备聚偏氟乙烯中空纤维微孔膜的结构控制与性能研究

Structure and Properties of Microporous PVDF Hollow Fiber Membranes Prepared by Melt Spinning-Stretching Process

【作者】 杜春慧

【导师】 徐又一; 朱宝库;

【作者基本信息】 浙江大学 , 高分子化学与物理, 2005, 博士

【摘要】 聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)由于具有优异的力学强度、化学稳定性、耐辐射特性、耐热性以及易加工性等特点,已成为目前应用最广泛的含氟聚合物膜材料之一。通常国内外制备PVDF中空纤维微孔膜主要有溶液相转化法或热致相分离法,尚未见用熔纺—拉伸(MS)法制备PVDF中空纤维膜的报道。本论文针对:高分子量PVDF的流变特性:温度场和应力场下PVDF分子链的聚集态结构演变规律的控制;熔纺拉伸工艺对PVDF中空纤维膜的皮层结构及微孔结构的控制以及模量(断裂伸长)与拉伸速率的关系等关键科学问题进行了系统研究,用熔纺—拉伸法成功制备了PVDF中空纤维微孔膜。 通过高压毛细管流变仪以及高压毛细管流变仪和先进流变扩展系统相结合的方法对不同分子量的PVDF熔体的流变特性进行了研究。发现高剪切速率下,分子量大的PVDF熔体解缠结效应更明显,表观粘度随剪切速率的增加而降低得更快,说明分子量对熔体的表观粘度影响的减小。PVDF熔体的非牛顿指数随着温度的升高而增大,分子量大的PVDF非牛顿指数小,熔体流动行为偏离牛顿流体行为更多。PVDF熔体的粘流活化能随剪切速率的增加而减小,即熔体表观粘度对温度的敏感性减小。因而对高分子量PVDF可通过控制合适的剪切速率、温度等来控制粘度,提高其可加工性。 用高压毛细管流变仪在不同剪切速率下制备了的PVDF试样,并用SAXD对其聚集态结构进行了研究。发现剪切速率为500s-1时,PVDF试样的SAXD图谱表明试样中垂直于应力方向平行排列的片晶结构的存在,其长周期为15.2nm,但其衍射峰强度较低。当剪切速率在500-1580s-1范围内时,试样长周期的衍射峰强度随剪切速率的增加而明显增加,剪切速率超过1580s-1时,变化则变得不明显。 通过对PVDF及PVDF-HFP共聚物及其它们与PMMA的共混物在淬火条件下结晶转化行为的研究,发现淬火温度、膜的厚度以及共混体系中PMMA的含量等因素对α→β晶相转变有很大的影响。较低的淬火温度有利于β晶相结构的生成,而PMMA的加入促进了这种转化。较厚的薄膜(大于8μm),在淬火过程中,在膜的表面和内部会产生“瞬间温度梯度”,其结果是在膜的表面主要生成β晶相,而在膜的内部主要生成α晶相,但对整个样品来说α晶相的含量要远远大于β晶相的含量。PVDF-HFP共聚物中的α和β晶相转化主要与共聚物中的VDF链段有关。相对于PVDF,共聚物中

【Abstract】 Poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) is one of the widely used fluorine-containing membrane materials, due to its good mechanical strength, thermal and chemical stability, radiation resistance and processability. PVDF hollow fiber membranes are usually prepared by two methods: thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) and solution phase inversion methods. Up to date, PVDF hollow fiber membranes made by melt spinning-stretching (MS) method have not been reported. In this paper, we aimed at studies on the rheological behavior for PVDF with high molecular weight, controlling of crystal structure and the transformation under temperature and stress field, effects of melt spinning and stretching process on the skin layer and microporous structure of PVDF hollow fiber membrane prepared by MS method, the relationship between the tensile modulus and stretching rate, etc. As a result, PVDF hollow fiber membranes were successfully prepared by MS method.Rheological behavior for PVDF melt was investigated by means of high pressure capillary rheometer and advanced rheological extension system (ARES). The influences of some factors including molecular weight,temperature and shear rate on apparent viscosity, non-Newtonian exponent and flow activation energy of PVDF melt were systematically discussed. It was found that PVDF melt was Newtonian fluid at very low shear rates. In addition, the melting viscosity of PVDF melt was almost independent of shear rates. However, it was non-Newtonian fluid at higher shear rates, and its melting viscosity decreased with the increase of shear rates. The results showed that increasing temperature and decreasing shear rates could lead to an increase of non-Newtonian exponent of PVDF melt. The significant decrease of its apparent viscosity with the increase of molecular weight indicated that the effect of molecular weight on apparent viscosity decreased when increasing shear rate. Flow activation energy of PVDF melt decreased with the increase of shear rates, that was accordant with the sensitivity of apparent viscosity on temperature. Consequently, for PVDF with high molecular weight, its viscosity can be modulated by controlling of shear rates and temperature to improve its processability.PVDF samples prepared by high pressure capillary rheometer at different shear rateswere characterized by SAXD. It was indicated that the stacked lamellar structure normal to the fiber axis existed in the samples, the long period of the crystal lamellae was about 15.2nm. At 500s"1 shear rate, the diffraction intensity was relative low as shown by SAXD patern. When the shear rate was in the range of 500-1580s"’, the diffraction intensity would increase with the increasing shear rate. Above that, the diffraction intensity would not be changed.The effects of quenching on the phase structure of vinylidene fluoride (VDF) segments in PVDF homopolymer and poly(vinylidene fluoride -co- hexafluoro- propylene) (PVDF-HFP) copolymer and their blends with poly(methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) were discussed. The phase transformation of VDF segments was affected by quenching temperature, film thickness and PMMA contents in the blends. Lower quenching temperature and the blending with PMMA were in favor of the p phase transformation. However, thicker films were unfavorable to the transformation. When the film was thicker than 8um, the a phase would become the predominant crystals in the films. The reason might be that the quenching temperature in the thicker films was quite different on the surface and in the inner of the films upon quenching from the melt. The quenching temperature in the inner of the films would be higher than that on the surface, which would result in the a phase in the bulk and the (3 phase on the surface. As a result, the a phase would become the predominant results with little amount of P phase on the surface. The critical quenching temperature of P crystal phase in PVDF-HFP film was near 40°C, which was higher than that of PVDF film.PVDF fibers made by melting spinning method were characterized by SAXS,WAXS,SEM and tensile experiment. It was found that the stacked lamellar structure arranged in the direction normal to the fiber axis existed in the fibers and its long period was about 13.4nm. The tensile experiment also showed that initial modulus of PVDF fibers was 3.5GPa, and the elastic recovery of the fiber was 85% at 50% room-temperature extension. These phenomena indicated that PVDF fibers had the characteristics of hard elasticity. A developed Clark piled-lamellae structure model was used to explain the mechanism of the hard elasticity of PVDF fibers. Moreover, the abnormal phenomenon of initial modulus of PVDF fibers decreasing with the increase of stretching rates was also explained by thismodel.The P phase transformation of stretched PVDF hard elastic fibers changed distinctly with the stretching temperature and approached a maximum value near 70 °C. A "bimodal crystalline model" was used to explain the a—>p transformation, it was suggested that the p phase transformation was related with the reorganization of the microcrystallites and paracrystals existed at the lamellar surface, while not the stacked crystalline lamellae. SAXS and WAXS were also used to study the crystal phase transformation. It was indicated that the stacked crystalline lamellae in stretched PVDF fibers were not rearranged and still remained the c-axis orientation. The long perids of stretched PVDF hard elastic fibers increased from 19.04nm to 39.75nm. In addition, the P crystal transformation also increased with the stretching rate.Based on the above studies, microporous PVDF hollow fiber membranes were prepared successfully by MS method. The membranes had excellent mechanical properties, its break stress reached 213MPa. The membranes also had uniform micropores, its average pore size and porosity were 23.6nm and 59.56% respectively, as measured by a mercury porosimeter. The N2 permeation of the membranes was 1.01><10~5cm3/cm2- s ? cmHg ,and it increased with the increasing of spin-draw ratio of the fibers.

  • 【网络出版投稿人】 浙江大学
  • 【网络出版年期】2006年 07期
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