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Influence of composition and segment distribution upon lower critical demixing of aqueous poly(vinyl alcohol-stat-vinyl acetate) solutions

✍ Scribed by D. Eagland; N.J. Crowther


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
254 KB
Volume
27
Category
Article
ISSN
0014-3057

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✦ Synopsis


Cloud point data are presented for a series of 2% w/v solutions of poly(vinyl alcohol-stat-vinyl acetate) copolymers in water and a series of 0.15 M electrolyte solutions; the copolymers were of various compositions and segment length distributions. A relationship has been found showing that the relative sizes of the hydroxyl and acetate sequences, rather than their relative amounts, are the dominant factors in the determination of the lower critical demixing behaviour of this important polymer.