Synthesis And Morphological Structure Of Poly (Phenylene Sulfide Amide)

Poly(phenylene sulfide amide) (PPSA) has been synthesized by using sulfur as S source which reacts with dichlorobenzamide (DCBA) and alkali in polar organic solvent at the atmospheric pressure. The polymer structures were determined by elemental analysis, FT-IR and H-1-NMR. It is shown that the yielded polymer has linear structure and its structure unit is -p-C6H4-CONH -p-C6H4-S-. The polymer morphology was studied by X-ray diffraction and polarized microscopy. The results show that PPSA is a crystalline polymer and its spherulites are the aggregation of nontwisting lamella or micro-thread structure. Under shearing force, these crystals are dispersed to form micro-fibrillar structure. The decomposition kinetics of PPSA was also studied at different heating rates. The decomposition energy of PPSA is higher than that of PPS.