Abstract
In this article, the melt and crystallization kinetics of poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) powder was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and polarized optical microscopy (POM). It is found that the folded-chain crystals of PPS (melting point at 281 °C) could be erased at about 350 °C, while the equilibrium melting point of extended-chain crystals (melting point at 295 °C) is 370 °C. Although the residual nuclei could be eliminated completely at 370 °C, the spherulite growth rate of PPS during crystallization keeps accelerating with the increasing melting relaxation time, resulting from the transformation of the lamellae and the amorphous cluster to an ordered structure with low entanglement density. Furthermore, due to the restricted chain mobility for the semi-flexible PPS, this unique memory effect would survive in the whole manufacturing process, resulting in the varying results from different researches and the significant influence on the processability and performance of PPS products.
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