Electron‐microscopical investigation of the morphology of segmented polyurethanes

Abstract

Abstract Segmented polyurethanes obtained by two‐step synthesis were studied by electron microscope on specimens prepared as replicas from the brittle surface of the polymer and on thin sections cut with a cryo‐ultramicrotome. Each of the specimens showed two different kinds of dispersed phase. Information obtained on morphology complemented each other. The continueous phase observed on the thin section directly by microscope showed no structure of its own and was similar in all polymers investigated, whereas the surface of the brittle fracture showed two kinds of continuous phase.