The relaxation behaviors for several commercial ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene reactor powders were compared. On the basis of the morphological analyses, the reactor powder consisted of particles and fibrils between them, the relative amounts of which depended on the powder preparation conditions. The results of differential scanning calorimetry analysis could not distinguish these powder characteristics because of the remarkable reorganization of these reactor powders during heating scans. In contrast, molecular motions detected by solid-state proton nuclear magnetic resonance techniques characterize the structural differences between these powders.
- Hiroki Uehara
- Hidekazu Tanaka
- Takeshi Yamanobe
