Semicrystalline pulverulent polyarylethersulfones and method to make them
AssigneeLUMAS Polymers LLC
InventorsThomas George Gardner, John Gordon Eue
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Abstract
A semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone (PAES) useful for additive manufacturing may be made by a method comprising: dissolving an amorphous polyarylethersulfone in a polar aprotic halogenated hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature adequate to effectively form a solution, and subsequently and spontaneously bring about reprecipitation of a semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone from the solution. The semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone may have a crystallinity of at least 30% by weight. The semicrystalline PAES, upon being heated, melting and uniting together in layers during additive manufacturing cools without substantially recrystallizing, allows for deformation-free articles to be formed having low residual stress.
Claims20
A method of forming a semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone comprising:
- (i) dissolving an initial polyarylethersulfone that is amorphous or has a crystallinity of less than about 30% by weight in a polar aprotic halogenated hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature to form a solution with dissolved polyarylethersulfone, and
- (ii) precipitating spontaneously the dissolved polyarylethersulfone from the solution to form the semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone, wherein, when the initial polyarylethersulfone is amorphous the semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone has a crystallinity of at least about 10% to about 100% and when the initial polyarylethersulfone has a crystallinity of less than 30%, the crystallinity of the semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone is at least about 20% greater than the crystallinity of the initial polyarylethersulfone.
A method of forming a semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone comprising:
- (i) dissolving an initial polyarylethersulfone that is amorphous or has a crystallinity of less than about 30% by weight in a polar aprotic halogenated hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature to form a solution with dissolved polyarylethersulfone, and
- (ii) precipitating by cooling the dissolved polyarylethersulfone from the solution to form the semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone, wherein, when the initial polyarylethersulfone is amorphous the semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone has a crystallinity of at least about 10% to about 100% and when the initial polyarylethersulfone has a crystallinity of less than 30%, the crystallinity of the semicrystalline polyarylethersulfone is at least about 20% greater than the crystallinity of the initial polyarylethersulfone.
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