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A Combined Analysis of PVT and Rheological Measurements: Novel Results for Three Amorphous Polymers

✍ Scribed by Mercedes Fernández; María Eugenia Muñoz; Anton Santamaría


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
219 KB
Volume
209
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1352

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Abstract

The fractional free volume f of polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is determined by pressure–volume–temperature (PVT) measurements using the Simha–Somcynsky equation of state. Results are compared with the free volume obtained by viscoelastic measurements. Temperature and pressure dependent viscosity and free volume results are correlated using the characteristic ratio C~∞~ and the parameter B of the monomeric friction factor ζ = __ζ__exp B/f. This leads to obtain new results on the temperature and pressure dependence of C~∞~, as well as on the pressure dependence of B parameter.

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