A simple viscometric test for number average and weight average molecular weight of 12.6% N pyro nitrocellulose
✍ Scribed by D. J. Bullock; J. D. Cosgrove; B. C. Head; T. J. Lewis; E. J. Marshall; D. Wason; B. M. Watson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 347 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0721-3115
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In the poor solvent acetone/ethanol the viscosity of a 3% solution of 12.6% N pyro nitrocellulose is found to be related to the geometric mean of the number average and weight average molecular weights. The fractional increase in the viscosity of such a solution on the addition of lead ß‐resorcylate is a function only of number average molecular weight. Once calibration has been made against osmotic pressure measurements and intrinsic viscosity, both number and weight average may be measured rapidly with an accuracy which is no less than that of the osmotic pressure and intrinsic viscosity measurements themselves.