采用正电子湮没寿命谱(PALS)技术,通过探测聚酰胺固化环氧树脂(epoxy)及环氧树脂/累托土(epoxy/rectorite)纳米复合材料分别在30-473K及30-493K温度区间内自由体积特性的变化,得到了epoxy和epoxy/rectorite两种材料中3个结构转变点温度为:次级转变点温度Tγ分别为160,120K;玻璃化转变点温度L分别为270,260K和橡胶态到粘流态的转变点温度Tf=380K(两种材料相同).比较两种材料的结构转变点,发现纳米复合材料Tf,Tg和TγL分别比环氧树脂低0,10K和40K.说明累托土的加入影响了复合材料低温下的自由体积特性.在温度高于熔融温度L时,发现两种样品中自由体积浓度有较快的下降,归因为材料中分子链段运动非常剧烈,较小的孔洞消失.
The structural transformation of epoxy (cured by polyamide) and epoxy/rectorite nanocomposite(with 0.5% rectorite content) are studied by positron annihilation lifetime spectrum (PALS) as a function of temperature from 30 to 473 K and from 30 to 493 K,respectively. For epoxy and epoxy/rectorite nanocomposite, the glass transition temperatures (Tg) are observed to be 270 K and 260 K, the second transition temperatures (Tγ) are 160 K and 120 K, the viscous flow temperatures (Tf) are 380 K and 380 K, respectively. The Tf, Tg and Tγ of the nanocomposite are 0,10 K and 40 K lower than those of epoxy, respectively. The result shows that properties of the free-volume in nanocomposite have been changed by the rectorite platelets fully separated in the material at low temperature. At the same time, we find that the intensity of o-Ps decreases with increase of the temperature above the melting temperature (Zm) in both epoxy and epoxy/rectorite nanocomposite.