Study on the influence of post-treatment conditions on the internal stress of polystyrene products

Abstract

The polymer products in daily use generally have internal stress, and the uneven or excessive distribution of internal stress will cause warpage or stress cracking, which will affect the normal use of products. Using the heat treatment method of metal annealing to reduce its internal stress for reference, the polymer products were placed in the drying oven and water bath pot for post-treatment, and the influence of different post-treatment process parameters on the internal stress of polystyrene products represented by the mobile phone lens products was studied by using the self-developed molecular material transparent products internal stress detection device. The results showed that increasing the post-treatment temperature below the hot deformation temperature can effectively reduce the internal stress and improve the internal stress distribution of polystyrene products at the same post-treatment time under different post-treatment temperatures and slow cooling conditions, and there was an optimal post-treatment temperature of 60 Centigrade;the polystyrene products after post-treatment had the secondary internal stress under the rapid cooling conditions, so that the internal stress distribution of products was worse than that of polystyrene products without post-treatment. The experimental results can lay a theoretical and practical foundation for seeking effective measures to reduce the internal stress of polymer products in the future.