PPSS: new thermoplastic for high performance composite applications

Abstract

The usage of actual reinforced thermoplastic composites for structural aircraft applications is very limited because materials with higher mechanical and physical properties are needed. In the recent years, aircraft manufacturers have requirements for new continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites with a significant improved performance/costs ratio for new, structural aircraft applications. That is why a new affordable reinforced composite with a poly(phenylene sulphide sulphone) (PPSS) matrix, presenting high mechanical and thermal resistance properties, is introduced in this paper. Mechanical characterisations have been performed and microscopy analyses have also been achieved to control the internal structure of the composite. It was found that PPSS reinforced material has high mechanical and thermal properties, but low chemical resistance.

Effect of welding parameters on the heat affected zone and the mechanical properties of friction stir welded poly(ethylene‐terephthalate‐glycol)

“…The HAZ of the welded seams was studied by polarization microscopy and the effect of morphological structure developed during welding was investigated in terms of the mechanical properties of the seams. In the case of polymer joints, the appearance of new structural materials11–13 makes necessary the development of new welding technologies in addition to the traditional ones.…”

Copolymers of poly(arylene sulfide sulfone)/poly(ether sulfone): Synthesis, structure, and rheology properties

“…PASS can be processed by solution method for its good solubility in some strong polar organic solvent. PASS can be casted into asymmetric membranes by phase isolation, so it has potential application for ultrafiltration membranes . However, the applications of this material were limited for its poor melt flowability and its thermal‐oxidation resistance at high temperature (up to 340–350 °C) .…”

Effects of polyarylene sulfide sulfone on the mechanical properties of glass fiber cloth-reinforced polyphenylene sulfide composites

“…Polyarylene sulfide sulfone (PASS), [22][23][24] which contains -SO 2 -group on the polymer chain, is a kind of highperformance engineering thermoplastic material similar to PPS. The existence of a strong polar group of sulfone (-SO 2 -) in the main chain of PASS induces strong interand intra-actions among the molecular chains.…”