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Nylon 66 Pellets: Nylon Salt Polymerised in an Autoclave, Carothers 1938
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Nylon 66 Pellets: Nylon Salt Polymerised in an Autoclave, Carothers 1938

Nylon salt heated to 288 °C under oxygen-free nitrogen gives off water and joins into long chains of nylon 66 (Carothers, du Pont, US 2,130,948, 1938: two moles of salt in a silver-lined autoclave). A pinch of extra adipic acid keeps the melt's viscosity steady. The polymer is then extruded and cut into pellets. The picture: our drawing of the autoclave and the pellet line.
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Imiyalelo

1

Charge the autoclave

Put two moles of nylon salt (525 g) and 0.02 mole of adipic acid (2.9 g) in a two-litre silver-lined autoclave with a stainless stirrer and a reflux condenser leading to a receiver.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Usawoti we-nylonUsawoti we-nylon525 g
I-adipic acidI-adipic acid2.9 g

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

I-reactor yengcindeziI-reactor yengcindezi
Ugoqo lwe-condenserUgoqo lwe-condenser
Isikali Sedijithali SasekhishiniIsikali Sedijithali Sasekhishini
2

Drive out the air

Evacuate, fill with nitrogen, evacuate again, then apply 80 lb/in² of nitrogen. Use nitrogen free of oxygen; oxygen spoils the polymer.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Iphampu yomoyaIphampu yomoya
I-nitrogenI-nitrogen
Isilinganiso SengcindeziIsilinganiso Sengcindezi
3

Heat to 288 °C

Start the stirrer and heat to 288 °C over 1.5 hours.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

I-reactor yengcindeziI-reactor yengcindezi
I-thermocouple enesibonisiI-thermocouple enesibonisi
4

Let the water off

Bring the pressure down to atmospheric over half an hour and keep heating and stirring 2.5 hours. Then pull to 200 mm absolute for a few minutes.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

I-reactor yengcindeziI-reactor yengcindezi
Iphampu yomoyaIphampu yomoya
Isilinganiso SengcindeziIsilinganiso Sengcindezi
I-thermocouple enesibonisiI-thermocouple enesibonisi
5

Cool and take out

Cool. The polymer comes out as a white solid cake that melts at about 263 °C.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

I-reactor yengcindeziI-reactor yengcindezi
6

Pelletise

Break up the cake (our step), melt it in the extruder, draw the strand and cut it into pellets.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

I-extruder yepulasitikiI-extruder yepulasitiki
Isikhunta se-extrusionIsikhunta se-extrusion
7

Grams and pressures

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