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Relaxation behavior of methacrylic polymers with bulky hydrophilic groups in their structures

✍ Scribed by Vicente Compañ; Julio Guzmán; Ricardo Díaz-Calleja; Evaristo Riande


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
226 KB
Volume
37
Category
Article
ISSN
0887-6266

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✦ Synopsis


The isochrones showing the temperature dependence of the loss relaxation modulus of poly(neopentyl glycol methacrylate) present an ostensible subglass absorption called ␤ relaxation that roughly has the same intensity as the glass-rubber relaxation, or ␣ process. The dielectric relaxation spectrum of this polymer also exhibits a well-developed ␤ process followed at higher temperatures by the glass-rubber, or ␣ relaxation, which strong conductive effects only permit to be detected at high frequencies. A detailed study of the conductive contributions to the dielectric loss above T g was carried out using a theory that assumes that the dispersion observed in tan ␦ in the frequency domain arises from the Maxwell-Wagner-Sillars effect combined with Nernst-Planck electrodynamic effects caused by interfacial polarizations in the interface polymer electrodes. Attempts were made to evaluate the equivalent salt concentration that would produce the conductive effects experimentally observed.