Heteropolar Macromolecular Polyester Antistatic Agent Developed Successfully

Polyester is a widely used synthetic fiber. Its molecular structure is highly symmetric and its phenylene bond is rigid. Therefore, it has the disadvantages of hydrophobicity, hard-to-dye, easy to generate static electricity, and flammability. Therefore, eliminating or reducing the static electricity of polyester has become an important issue for research.
Sinopec Tianjin Branch uses polyethylene glycol, adipic acid, zinc oxide, and DMT as raw materials to synthesize a new type of polyester antistatic agent through a two-step reaction. The first step reaction is the reaction of polyethylene glycol, adipic acid and zinc oxide to form the esterification product of polyethylene glycol and adipic acid salt; the second step reaction is the exchange of polyethylene glycol esterified product with DMT and glycol ester. The resulting BHET undergoes a polycondensation reaction to form a product, namely a macromolecular heteropolar polyester antistatic agent. The process for preparing antistatic agents is simple and similar to that of pure PET. The antistatic agent has a high melting point, greater than 240°C, and the screw will not slip when blended. The amount of incorporation is small, and the antistatic effect is good; after adding 2% to 3% of antistatic agent, the surface charge density of the knitted fabric is only 0.1-0.3μC/m2, much smaller than the average polyester sample (average 5.2μC/m2). It has good spinnability, smooth spinning, and good fiber formation.

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