Tim A.

Osswald
Georg Menges

Material Science
of Polymers
for Engineers
3rd Edition

Hanser Publishers, Munich Hanser Publications, Cincinnati

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Table 3.4 Structural Units for Selected Polymers with Glass Transition and
Melting Temperatures

Structural unit Polymers

Tg = -125 °C
CH2 CH2 Linear polyethylene
Tm = 135 °C

CH2 CH Tg = -20 °C
Isotactic polypropylene
CH3 Tm = 170 °C

CH2 CH Tg = -25 °C
Isotactic polybutene
C 2H 5 Tm = 135 °C

CH2 CH
Isotactic poly-3- Tg = 50 °C
CH CH3
methylbutene-1 Tm = 310 °C
CH3

CH2
Isotactic poly-4- Tg = 29 °C
CH CH2 CH CH3 methylpentene-1 Tm = 240 °C
CH3

CH2 CH
Tg = 100 °C
Isotactic polystyrene
Tm = 240 °C

CH3
Tg = 210 °C
O Polyphenyl ether (PPE)
Tm = 261 °C
CH3
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Table 3.4 Structural Units for Selected Polymers (continued)

Structural unit Polymers

O CH Tg = -30 °C
Polyacetaldehyde
CH3 Tm = 165 °C

Polyformaldehyde Tg = -85 °C
O CH2 (polyacetal,
polyoxymethylene) Tm ≈ 190 °C

O CH CH2 Isotactic polypropylene Tg = -75 °C

CH3 oxide Tm = 75 °C

CH2 Cl
Poly-[2.2-bis-(chlormethyl)- Tg = 5 °C
O CH2 C CH2
trimethylene oxide] Tm = 181 °C
CH2 Cl

CH3
Isotactic polymethylmeth- Tg = 50 °C
CH2 C
acrylate Tm = 160 °C
CO2 CH3

Cl F
Tg = 45 °C
C C Polychlorotrifluoroethylene
Tm = 220 °C
F F

Tg1 = -113 °C
CF2 CF2 Polytetrafluoroethylene Tg2 = 127 °C
Tm = 330 °C
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Table 3.4 Structural Units for Selected Polymers (continued)

Structural unit Polymers

Cl
Tg = -19 °C
CH2 C Polyvinylidene chloride
Tm = 190 °C
Cl

F
Tg = -45 °C
CH2 C Polyvinylidene fluoride
Tm = 171 °C
F

CH2 CH Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) - Tg = 80 °C

Cl amorphous Tm = –

CH2 CH Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) - Tg = 80 °C

Cl crystalline Tm = 212 °C

CH2 CH Tg = -20 °C
Polyvinyl fluoride (PVF)
F Tm = 200 °C

Polyethyleneterephthalate Tg = 69 °C
CO2 CO2 CH2 CH2 O (PET) (linear polyester) Tm = 245 °C

Tg = 57 °C
CO [CH2]4 CO NH [CH2]6 NH Polyamide 66
Tm = 265 °C

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Table 3.4 Structural Units for Selected Polymers (continued)

Structural unit Polymers

Tg = 57 °C
CO [CH2]8 CO NH [CH2]6 NH Polyamide 610
Tm = 265 °C

Polycaprolactam, Tg = 75 °C
CO [CH2]5 NH
Polyamide 6 Tm = 233 °C

CH3 O
Tg = 149 °C
C O C O Polycarbonate (PC)
Tm = 267 °C
CH3

Tg = –
CH2 CH2 Poly-(p-xylene) (Parylene)
Tm = 400 °C

C C O [CH2]2 O C O Polyethyleneterephthalate /
p-Hydroxybenzoate- Tg = 75 °C
O O O copolymers LC-PET,
n m
polymers with flexible Tm = 280 °C
PET PHB chains

O O
C C
N N O Polyimide (PI) Tg: up to 400 °C
C C
O O

O
C
N Polyamidimide (PAI) Tg ≈ 260 °C
C C N R
O O H
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Table 3.4 Structural Units for Selected Polymers (continued)

Structural unit Polymers

O O
CH3
C C
N CH3 Polyetherimide (PEI) Tg ≈ 215 °C
C O
O

O O
C C
H C C H
N R N Polybismaleinimide (PBMI) Tg ≈ 250 °C
H C C H
C C
O O

O O
Polyoxybenzoate (POB) Tg ≈ 290 °C
O C C O

O Tg = 145 °C
Polyetherketone (PEEK)
O O C Tm = 335 °C

Polyphenylene-sulfide
S Tg ≈ 230 °C
(PPS)

O
Tg = 85 °C
O S O Polyethersulfone (PES)
Tm = 280 °C
O

O CH3
S O C O Polysulfone (PSU) Tg ≈ 180 °C

O CH3