Study on the imidization kinetics of polyether‐ester polyamic acid in solid phase by microwave radiation

The polyether-ester polyamic acid imidization process in a solid state was studied by microwave radiation. The imidization content at different radiation times was calculated quantitatively by FTIR and was confirmed by the results of dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The microwave radiation imidization may drop the reaction temperature and cut the reaction time down in comparison with the thermal imidization. It may be expected theoretically that the microwave radiation may generally be suitable for the condensation polymerization reaction and facilitates the reaction, especially at its later stage.