Wholly aromatic polyamides containing bridged biphenylylene groups, 2. Copolyamides

A number of wholly aromatic copolyamides containing bridged biphenylylene groups were synthesized from a mixture of aromatic diamines and terephthaloyl chloride, on one hand, and from a mixture of aromatic diacid dichlorides and 1,4-phenylenediamine, on the other hand. Each mixture of diamines and of diacid dichlorides was constituted of a phenylene derivative and a bridged biphenylylene derivative. The copolyamides synthesized were dissolved in high concentration sulfuric acid and spun into fibers. The fibers spun showed fairly high tensile strengths and high initial moduli, but annealing caused further increase in strength and modulus. All the copolyamides studied had very high thermal resistances.