Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a novel reinforced nylon material which has excellent mechanical properties and a low melting point, and is easy to use for processing, such as hot melt connection, such as ultrasonic welding.
In particular, the present invention relates to a reinforced nylon material comprising: 30-60 parts of nylon, 20-40 parts of glass fiber, 10-20 parts of nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms and 0.1-3 parts of auxiliary agent.
The nylon used to prepare the reinforced nylon material of the present invention is not limited. For example, the nylon may include at least one of PA6, PA66, PA56, PA66/6T, PA T/66, PA6T/6, PA6T/66/6, PA 6T/6I. Preferably, the nylon may be PA6 (i.e., polycaprolactam) or PA66 (i.e., polyhexamethylene adipamide).
The glass fibers used to prepare the reinforced nylon material of the present invention are not limited. For example, the glass fibers may include any one or a mixture of several of continuous glass fibers, chopped glass fibers, milled glass fibers, alkali-free glass fibers, medium alkali glass fibers, and high alkali glass fibers. For example, the glass fiber may be an E-type alkali-free long glass fiber.
As used herein, nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystalline form refers to crystals of nano calcium carbonate having an irregular shape, such as, but not limited to, an asymmetric polyhedron, such as the exemplary shape shown in fig. 1.
In a specific embodiment, the aspect ratio of the nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form is greater than 1.
In a specific embodiment, the specific surface area of the nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form is 16-20m 2 /g, e.g. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20m 2 /g and any range therebetween.
In a specific embodiment, the nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form is prepared by using a crystal form controlling agent a and a crystal form controlling agent B in stages in the preparation process of the nano calcium carbonate, wherein the crystal form controlling agent a is a mixture of malic acid and starch in a mass ratio of 3-5:1, and the crystal form controlling agent B is a mixture of sodium carbonate and cellulose in a mass ratio of 2-3:1.
In an exemplary embodiment, the starch is amylose and has a molecular weight of 50000.
In an exemplary embodiment, the cellulose has a molecular weight of 100000 to 150000.
In a specific embodiment, the preparation of nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form comprises the steps of:
1) Calcining limestone into calcium oxide, adding water to prepare slurry, sieving and aging to obtain calcium hydroxide slurry;
2) Adding a crystal form control agent A into the calcium hydroxide slurry;
3) Delivering the slurry obtained in the step 2) to a membrane dispersion carbonization device for carbonization reaction, adding a crystal form control agent B when the pH of a reaction system is reduced to 9.0, and continuing the carbonization reaction until the pH is less than or equal to 7.0 to obtain nano calcium carbonate slurry;
4) And (3) modifying the nano calcium carbonate slurry, dehydrating, drying and crushing to obtain the nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms.
In one exemplary embodiment, the preparation of nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form includes the steps of:
1) Placing limestone with magnesium oxide content less than 0.3% in a vertical kiln for calcination, wherein the calcination temperature is controlled between 950 ℃ and 1150 ℃; after calcining, carrying out digestion reaction on lime and tap water according to the mass ratio of 1:5, sieving and removing impurities by a hydrocyclone, and aging for 72 hours to obtain calcium hydroxide slurry;
2) Adjusting the concentration of the calcium hydroxide slurry in the step 1) to 10-15%, controlling the temperature to 20-25 ℃, and then adding a crystal form control agent A, wherein the addition amount is 0.5-1.0% of the dry weight of the calcium hydroxide;
3) Delivering the slurry obtained in the step 2) to a membrane dispersion carbonization device for carbonization reaction, wherein the pore diameter of a membrane hole is 0.3-0.8mm, adding a crystal form control agent B when the pH value of a reaction system is reduced to 9.0, and continuously performing carbonization reaction until the pH value is less than or equal to 7.0, thereby obtaining nano calcium carbonate slurry;
4) And (3) modifying the calcium carbonate slurry obtained in the step (3), dehydrating, drying, and crushing to obtain the nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms.
In a specific embodiment, the nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form is first modified with a terpene oligomer, an epoxy resin, and maleic acid, and second modified with a diamino urea polymer.
Preferably, the terpene oligomer of step 4) has a number average molecular weight of 650-850g/mol.
Preferably, the epoxy resin of step 4) has an epoxy equivalent weight of 180-190g/mol.
Preferably, the mass ratio of the terpene oligomer, the epoxy resin and the maleic acid in the step 4) is 1: (0.08-0.12): (0.05-0.15).
In a specific embodiment, the modification of the nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form comprises the steps of:
1) Mixing terpene oligomer, epoxy resin and maleic acid for reaction to obtain a modifier;
2) Mixing the nano calcium carbonate slurry with a modifier, performing first modification, adding a diamino urea polymer, and performing second modification to obtain the modified nano calcium carbonate slurry.
In one exemplary embodiment, the modification of the nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form includes the steps of:
1) Terpene oligomer, epoxy resin and maleic acid are mixed according to the mass ratio of 1:0.08:0.10, allowed to react for 2.5 hours under the condition of 150 ℃ and 0.2MPa, and cooled to 80 ℃ to obtain a modifier;
2) Adding the nano calcium carbonate slurry prepared in the above way into an activation kettle, heating to 90 ℃, adding a modifier accounting for 2.2% of the dry basis weight of the nano calcium carbonate slurry, stirring for 45min, adding a semicarbazide polymer accounting for 1.0% of the dry basis weight of the nano calcium carbonate slurry, and stirring for 40min to obtain the modified nano calcium carbonate slurry.
Thus, in a specific embodiment, a nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystalline form as described herein is prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
1) Calcining limestone into calcium oxide, adding water to prepare slurry, sieving and aging to obtain calcium hydroxide slurry;
2) Adding a crystal form control agent A into the calcium hydroxide slurry;
3) Delivering the slurry obtained in the step 2) to a membrane dispersion carbonization device for carbonization reaction, adding a crystal form control agent B when the pH of a reaction system is reduced to 9.0, and continuing the carbonization reaction until the pH is less than or equal to 7.0 to obtain nano calcium carbonate slurry;
4) Mixing terpene oligomer, epoxy resin and maleic acid for reaction to obtain a modifier;
5) Mixing the nano calcium carbonate slurry in the step 3) with the modifier in the step 4), performing first modification, adding a semicarbazide polymer, and performing second modification to obtain modified nano calcium carbonate slurry;
6) Dehydrating and drying the modified nano calcium carbonate slurry in the step 5), drying, and crushing to obtain the nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms.
In one exemplary embodiment, a nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystalline form as described herein is prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
1) Placing limestone with magnesium oxide content less than 0.3% in a vertical kiln for calcination, wherein the calcination temperature is controlled between 950 ℃ and 1150 ℃; after calcining, carrying out digestion reaction on lime and tap water according to the mass ratio of 1:5, sieving and removing impurities by a hydrocyclone, and aging for 72 hours to obtain calcium hydroxide slurry;
2) Adjusting the concentration of the calcium hydroxide slurry in the step 1) to 10-15%, controlling the temperature to 20-25 ℃, and then adding a crystal form control agent A, wherein the addition amount is 0.5-1.0% of the dry weight of the calcium hydroxide;
3) Delivering the slurry obtained in the step 2) to a membrane dispersion carbonization device for carbonization reaction, wherein the pore diameter of a membrane hole is 0.3-0.8mm, adding a crystal form control agent B when the pH value of a reaction system is reduced to 9.0, and continuously performing carbonization reaction until the pH value is less than or equal to 7.0, thereby obtaining nano calcium carbonate slurry;
4) Terpene oligomer, epoxy resin and maleic acid are mixed according to the mass ratio of 1:0.08:0.10, allowed to react for 2.5 hours under the condition of 150 ℃ and 0.2MPa, and cooled to 80 ℃ to obtain a modifier;
5) Adding the nano calcium carbonate slurry obtained in the step 3) into an activation kettle, heating to 90 ℃, adding a modifier accounting for 2.2% of the dry basis weight of the nano calcium carbonate slurry, stirring for 45min, adding a semicarbazide polymer accounting for 1.0% of the dry basis weight of the nano calcium carbonate slurry, and stirring for 40min to obtain modified nano calcium carbonate slurry;
6) And (3) dehydrating and drying the modified nano calcium carbonate slurry obtained in the step (5), drying, and crushing to obtain the nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms.
The auxiliary agent for preparing the reinforced nylon material can comprise one or more of an antioxidant, a glass fiber leakage preventing agent, a lubricant and a light stabilizer.
Examples of the antioxidant may be at least one of hindered phenols and phosphite antioxidants; specifically, the antioxidant is at least one of antioxidants 168, 264, 1010, 1076, 1098; more specifically, the antioxidant is a compound antioxidant comprising an antioxidant 1010 and an antioxidant 168 in a mass ratio of 1:1.
Examples of the glass fiber leakage preventing agent may include ethylene bis-stearamide grafts (TAF).
Examples of the lubricant may include at least one of calcium stearate, stearic acid, ethylene bis-stearamide, pentaerythritol stearate, silicone powder, polyethylene wax.
Examples of the light stabilizer may include hindered amine light stabilizers such as light stabilizer 622, chemical name: a polymer of succinic acid and (4-hydroxy-2, 6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinol) and a light stabilizer 770, the chemical name of which is bis (2, 6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl) sebacate.
The preparation method of the reinforced nylon material of the invention can comprise the following steps:
1) Preparing nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form as described herein,
2) Nylon, glass fiber, nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal form in the step 1) and auxiliary agent are mixed according to the weight parts,
3) And (3) carrying out melt blending, extrusion wire drawing and granulating on the mixture obtained in the step (2) to obtain the reinforced nylon material.
The beneficial effects of the invention are that
According to the invention, the crystal morphology of the nano calcium carbonate is controlled by adopting different crystal form control agents step by step in the crystal form forming stage of the nano calcium carbonate, and the uniform growth of {104} crystal faces is inhibited, so that the nano calcium carbonate crystal with an irregular crystal form, the length-diameter ratio of which is larger than 1, can be obtained, the nucleation effect is inhibited in a nylon/glass fiber system, the crystallinity of a nylon material can be reduced, and the melting point of the nylon material is further reduced, so that the nylon material is easy to use for processing, such as hot melt connection, such as ultrasonic welding.
On the other hand, the present invention also surface-modifies nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form so that it can be highly dispersed in a nylon material without agglomeration, thereby enabling filling of the nylon material in a higher amount. In addition, compared with the method for carrying out surface modification by using fatty acid or fatty acid salt commonly used in the prior art, the modification of the invention also ensures that the surface of the nano calcium carbonate has no residual carboxyl and hydroxyl, thereby avoiding the formation of hydrogen bonds between the nano calcium carbonate and nylon and leading to the increase of crystallinity.
The glass fiber and nylon are blended, so that mechanical properties such as rigidity of the nylon material are enhanced, mechanical property loss caused by the reduction of crystallinity is compensated, and the nylon material is easy to weld by hot melting due to the increase of rigidity. The modified nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms can also play the effect of a toughening agent, so that the nylon material has excellent rigidity, certain toughness and wide industrial application value.
Examples
The present invention is further illustrated below with reference to specific examples, which are not intended to limit the invention in any way. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the reagents, methods and apparatus employed in the present invention are those conventional in the art.
Example 1:
1. preparation of unmodified nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal form:
1) Calcining limestone with magnesium oxide content of 0.18% in a vertical kiln at 950-1150 ℃; after calcining, carrying out digestion reaction on lime and tap water according to the mass ratio of 1:5, sieving and removing impurities by a hydrocyclone, and aging for 72 hours to obtain calcium hydroxide slurry;
2) Adjusting the concentration of the calcium hydroxide slurry in the step 1) to 15%, controlling the temperature to 25 ℃, and then adding a crystal form control agent A (malic acid: starch=5:1), wherein the addition amount is 0.85% of the dry weight of the calcium hydroxide;
3) Uniformly stirring the slurry obtained in the step 2), conveying the slurry to a membrane dispersion carbonization device for carbonization reaction, wherein the pore diameter of a membrane is 0.3-0.8mm, adding a crystal form control agent B (sodium carbonate: cellulose=3:1) when the pH value of a reaction system is reduced to 9.0, and continuously performing carbonization reaction until the pH value is less than or equal to 7.0, thereby obtaining nano calcium carbonate slurry; through test, the specific surface area of the nano calcium carbonate obtained by carbonization reaction is 18.5m 2 /g; crystal length-diameter ratio is 2.5:1;
4) Dehydrating and drying the nano calcium carbonate slurry obtained in the step 3), drying until the water content is less than or equal to 0.25%, and crushing to obtain the nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms.
2. Preparation of modified nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal form:
1) Calcining limestone with magnesium oxide content of 0.18% in a vertical kiln at 950-1150 ℃; after calcining, carrying out digestion reaction on lime and tap water according to the mass ratio of 1:5, sieving and removing impurities by a hydrocyclone, and aging for 72 hours to obtain calcium hydroxide slurry;
2) Adjusting the concentration of the calcium hydroxide slurry in the step 1) to 15%, controlling the temperature to 25 ℃, and then adding a crystal form control agent A (malic acid: starch=5:1), wherein the addition amount is 0.85% of the dry weight of the calcium hydroxide;
3) Uniformly stirring the slurry obtained in the step 2), conveying the slurry to a membrane dispersion carbonization device for carbonization reaction, wherein the pore diameter of a membrane is 0.3-0.8mm, adding a crystal form control agent B (sodium carbonate: cellulose=3:1) when the pH value of a reaction system is reduced to 9.0, and continuously performing carbonization reaction until the pH value is less than or equal to 7.0, thereby obtaining nano calcium carbonate slurry; through test, the specific surface area of the nano calcium carbonate obtained by carbonization reaction is 18.5m 2 /g; crystal length-diameter ratio is 2.5:1;
4) Mixing terpene oligomer with the number average molecular weight of 700g/mol, epoxy resin with the epoxy equivalent of 185g/mol and maleic acid according to the mass ratio of 1:0.08:0.10, reacting for 2.5 hours at 150 ℃ under the condition of 0.2MPa, and cooling to 80 ℃ to obtain a modifier;
5) Adding the nano calcium carbonate slurry obtained in the step 3) into an activation kettle, heating to 90 ℃, adding a modifier accounting for 2.2% of the dry basis weight of the nano calcium carbonate slurry, stirring for 45min, adding a diamino urea polymer accounting for 1.0% of the dry basis weight of the nano calcium carbonate slurry and having a number average molecular weight of 2500g/mol, and stirring for 40min to obtain modified nano calcium carbonate slurry;
6) Dehydrating and drying the modified nano calcium carbonate slurry obtained in the step 5), drying until the water content is less than or equal to 0.25%, and crushing to obtain the nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form.
3. Preparation of modified conventional nano calcium carbonate:
unmodified conventional nano calcium carbonate is purchased from International trade company, shanghai, white Dan Gai, with particle size of 80-100nm.
Uniformly dispersing unmodified conventional nano calcium carbonate in water, heating to 90 ℃ on a constant-temperature water bath oscillator, adding a modifier accounting for 2.2% of the dry basis weight of the nano calcium carbonate, stirring for 45min, adding a diamino urea polymer accounting for 1.0% of the dry basis weight of the nano calcium carbonate and having a number average molecular weight of 2500g/mol, stirring for 40min, dehydrating and drying the obtained modified nano calcium carbonate slurry, drying until the moisture content is less than or equal to 0.25%, and crushing to obtain the modified conventional nano calcium carbonate.
4. Conventional nano calcium carbonate modified by fatty acid surface treatment is purchased from white Dan Gai (Shanghai) International trade company, and has a particle size of 80-100nm.
Example 2:
the reinforced nylon material is prepared by the following steps:
1) 52 parts by weight of nylon 6, 16 parts by weight of modified nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 1010, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 168, 1.0 part by weight of glass fiber leakage preventing agent TAF, 0.6 part by weight of lubricant polyethylene wax and 0.2 part by weight of light stabilizer 622 are added into a high-speed mixer to be mixed for 3 minutes at a high speed, then are added into a double-screw extruder to be melted, and 30 parts by weight of E-type alkali-free long glass fibers are added from a glass fiber inlet of the double-screw extruder to be extruded together to obtain the reinforced nylon material.
Example 3:
the reinforced nylon material is prepared by the following steps:
1) 40 parts by weight of nylon 6, 20 parts by weight of modified nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 1010, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 168, 1.0 part by weight of glass fiber leakage preventing agent TAF, 0.6 part by weight of lubricant polyethylene wax and 0.2 part by weight of light stabilizer 622 are added into a high-speed mixer to be mixed for 3 minutes at a high speed, then are added into a double-screw extruder to be melted, and 38 parts by weight of E-type alkali-free long glass fibers are added from a glass fiber inlet of the double-screw extruder to be extruded together to obtain the reinforced nylon material.
Example 4:
the reinforced nylon material is prepared by the following steps:
1) 60 parts by weight of nylon 6, 10 parts by weight of modified nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 1010, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 168, 1.0 part by weight of glass fiber leakage preventing agent TAF, 0.6 part by weight of lubricant polyethylene wax and 0.2 part by weight of light stabilizer 622 are added into a high-speed mixer to be mixed for 3 minutes at a high speed, then are added into a double-screw extruder to be melted, and 28 parts by weight of E-type alkali-free long glass fibers are added from a glass fiber inlet of the double-screw extruder to be extruded together to obtain the reinforced nylon material.
Comparative example 1:
the reinforced nylon material is prepared by the following steps:
1) 52 parts by weight of nylon 6, 16 parts by weight of unmodified nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 1010, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 168, 1.0 part by weight of glass fiber leakage preventing agent TAF, 0.6 part by weight of lubricant polyethylene wax and 0.2 part by weight of light stabilizer 622 are added into a high-speed mixer to be mixed for 3 minutes at a high speed, then are added into a double-screw extruder to be melted, and 30 parts by weight of E-type alkali-free long glass fibers are added from a glass fiber inlet of the double-screw extruder to be extruded together to obtain the reinforced nylon material.
Comparative example 2:
the reinforced nylon material is prepared by the following steps:
1) 52 parts by weight of nylon 6, 16 parts by weight of modified conventional nano calcium carbonate, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 1010, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 168, 1.0 part by weight of glass fiber leakage preventing agent TAF, 0.6 part by weight of lubricant polyethylene wax and 0.2 part by weight of light stabilizer 622 are added into a high-speed mixer to be mixed for 3 minutes at a high speed, then are added into a double-screw extruder to be melted, and 30 parts by weight of E-type alkali-free long glass fibers are added from a glass fiber inlet of the double-screw extruder to be extruded together after the melting, so that the reinforced nylon material is obtained.
Comparative example 3:
the reinforced nylon material is prepared by the following steps:
1) 52 parts by weight of nylon 6, 16 parts by weight of conventional nano calcium carbonate modified by fatty acid surface treatment, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 1010, 0.1 part by weight of antioxidant 168, 1.0 part by weight of glass fiber leakage preventing agent TAF, 0.6 part by weight of lubricant polyethylene wax and 0.2 part by weight of light stabilizer 622 are added into a high-speed mixer to be mixed for 3 minutes at a high speed, then are added into a double-screw extruder to be melted, and 30 parts by weight of E-type alkali-free long glass fibers are added from a glass fiber inlet of the double-screw extruder to be extruded together after the melting, so that the reinforced nylon material is obtained.
Performance testing
1. Mechanical property test
Tensile strength and elongation at break were measured according to the method specified in astm d638, notched impact strength was measured according to the method specified in astm d256, and flexural strength and flexural modulus were measured according to the method specified in astm d 790. The materials obtained in examples 2 to 4 and comparative examples 1 to 3 were subjected to mechanical properties test in accordance with the above-described methods, and the results obtained are shown in Table 1.
2. Melting point, crystallization temperature, crystallinity were determined using DSC test instrument: the sample was warmed from room temperature to 250 ℃ at 10 ℃/min under nitrogen protection, kept at constant temperature for 10min to eliminate the heat history, then cooled to room temperature at 10 ℃/min, the crystallization profile was recorded and the crystallinity calculated, and the results are shown in table 1.
TABLE 1
As can be seen from table 1, the melting point of the reinforced nylon materials (i.e., examples 2 to 4) prepared using the modified nano calcium carbonate having an irregular crystal form of the present invention was significantly reduced compared to the reinforced nylon materials (i.e., comparative example 3) prepared using the conventional nano calcium carbonate, the hot melt weldability was significantly improved, and the mechanical properties were not greatly changed, thus having practical value. The reinforced nylon material prepared from the unmodified nano calcium carbonate with irregular crystal forms (namely, comparative example 1) is easy to agglomerate due to larger addition amount, so that the effect of reducing the crystallinity is weakened, and the toughening effect is also obviously weakened. The reinforced nylon material prepared by the modified conventional nano calcium carbonate according to the present invention also has a certain effect of reducing crystallinity compared to the reinforced nylon material prepared by using the conventional modified nano calcium carbonate (i.e., comparative example 3), because the modified nano calcium carbonate has no residual carboxyl and hydroxyl groups on the surface, thereby avoiding the formation of hydrogen bonds between the nano calcium carbonate and nylon, resulting in an increase in crystallinity.
In the description of the specification, reference to the term "one embodiment," "a particular embodiment," "an example," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The foregoing is merely illustrative and explanatory of the invention, as various modifications and additions may be made to the particular embodiments described, or by similar arrangements, by those skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of the invention or beyond the scope of the appended claims.