Abstract

The effects of molecular weight variations in the hard and soft segments on the adhesion strength of segmented polyamides against aluminium, copper, and steel were investigated using 180° peel strength measurements. It was found that the adhesion strength of the segmented polyamides was largely influenced by block molecular weight variations. The nature of the substrate, the rate of peeling, cooling in different environments, and thermal ageing, etc. had significant effects on the adhesion strength of the joints, whereas variation in the moulding conditions used in these experiments did not have much impact on the strength of the joints. The joint strength increased with a decrease in hard block molecular weight at a constant soft block molecular weight of 1000, or with an increase in soft block molecular weight at a constant hard block molecular weight of 1100.

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