Study of the Synthesis of GAP-HTPB-GAP Liquid Copolymer

Abstract

GAP and HTPB are polymers on which the copolymer obtained in our work is based. The following report indicates how to perform the polymerization reactions for these two polymers in order to obtain a copolymer that combines their individual positive physico-chemical properties. It demonstrates how the ratio of substrates and reaction conditions affect the polymer properties. It has been shown that increasing the amount of epichlorohydrin attached to HTPB significantly affects the copolymer viscosity. This has a later effect on polymer processing, as well as on the hydroxyl values being too low. This is important for the subsequent production of polyurethanes. Analysis of the results allows the reaction conditions to be designed so as to generate a polymer with the best properties. The reactions were carried out in two stages. The first stage was the connection of polyepichlorohydrin (PECH) to HTPB, and the second was azidation of the resultant PECH-HTPB-PECH copolymer. The influence of the amount of epichlorohydrin attached to HTPB on the copolymer properties (e.g. viscosity) was demonstrated. Analysis of the second stage, the preparation of the GAP-HTPB-GAP copolymer (by azidation of the PECH-HTPB-PECH copolymer), showed that the nitrogen content in the copolymer has a significant effect on the viscosity and heat of polymer combustion.