Evaluation of the light-scattering technique for determining compositional heterogeneity in copolymers
โ Scribed by A. L. Spatorico
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 631 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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โฆ Synopsis
The Bushuk and Benoit theory of light scattering in copolymer systems has been evaluated for the w e of a copolycarbonate of bisphenol A and poly(ethy1ene oxide) (1000) and for a blend of this compositionally homogeneous copolymer with a homopolymer of bisphenol A polycarbonate. The experimental conditions necessary for a successful light-scattering analysis and an estimate of the limiting sensitivity of the method are reported. The technique was disappointingly insensitive to the amount of low molecular weight homopolymer incorporated in the blend. This finding, in addition to recent reports in the literature, suggests the method has limited applicability.
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