Abstract
Recrystallization of polyoxymethylene (POM) in solvent is an effective post-treatment method for manufacturing a better POM product. Herein, the crystallization process of POM in methanol was investigated with the use of a series of equipment. The results reveal that POM crystallization in methanol yields two kinds of particle morphologies, including small particles with lamellar structures branching and growing in all directions and large particles resulting from melt agglomeration. The mechanism of POM crystallization in methanol with two distinct pathways was proposed, in which solution cooling crystallization of POM at higher temperature yields small particles while melt crystallization yields large particles. Furthermore, both non-isothermal and isothermal crystallization kinetics of POM were determined. The Avrami equation was employed to derive the crystallization rate constant via data fitting. The activation energy of crystallization was then obtained using the Arrhenius formula. The kinetics suggest that recrystallization of POM in methanol may dissolve and remove substances hindering raw material crystallization, achieving a faster crystallization rate for products.
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