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Evaluation of compatibility of methacrylic copolymers by capillary viscometry

โœ Scribed by F. Cilurzo; P. Minghetti; A. Casiraghi; L. Montanari


Book ID
101257230
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
108 KB
Volume
76
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-8995

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โœฆ Synopsis


The estimation of the compatibility of different pairs of polymers can be based on capillary viscometry data for ternary polymer-polymer-solvent systems using mathematical models based on the slope of the Huggins equation (โŒฌb) and Huggins constant (โŒฌkะˆ). In this study, the compatibility of binary mixtures of six types of methacrylic copolymers with similar molecular weights but different functional groups [one characterized by amine groups (EuE), two by ammonium groups (EuRL EuRS), two by carboxylic groups (EuL EuS), and one without charge (EuNE)] was evaluated using these methods. On the basis of Huggins and Kraemer constants, acetone and tetrahydrofurane were selected as good solvents for the programmed blends. Cationic copolymers mixed with anionic copolymers showed the formation of visible aggregates. The study performed on the other blends showed that EuRL and EuRS could be considered compatible with EuE; EuNE was incompatible with both EuL and EuE, EuL and EuS were incompatible between them. EuRL and EuRS could be considered compatible even if the weight ratio seems to influence the behavior of the two copolymers. The โŒฌkะˆ approach seems to be more robust than the โŒฌb model. The compatibility of different pairs of methacrylic copolymers with similar molecular weights could be evaluated using capillary viscometry.


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