Viscosimetric study of poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(styrenesulfonic acid) miscibility in dilute aqueous solution

✍ Scribed by Chamekh Ould M'bareck; Michel Metayer; Dominique Langevin; Sadok Roudesli

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 325 KB
• Volume: 62
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19961003)62:1<161::aid-app20>3.0.co;2-7

✦ Synopsis

The miscibility of poly(viny1 alcohol) (PVA) and poly(styrenesu1fonic acid) (PSSA) in dilute aqueous solutions was studied by a viscosimetric method. At a constant molecular weight of PSSA, it was found that the miscibility of both polymers increases with the molecular weight and the number of acetate groups of the PVA samples (1 and 12% unhydrolyzed sites). Moreover, this miscibility increases slightly with the total mixture concentration in the interval 1-2 g/dL. By comparison of the results of reduced viscosity of PVA/PSSA and PVA/poly(sodium styrenesulfonate) (PSSNa) mixtures, it has been deduced that the miscibility of two polymers is due mainly to intermolecular interactions between the hydroxyl and sulfonic groups of PVA and PSSA, respectively. These groups act as acceptors and donors of hydrogen bonds which are the responsible for polymers' miscibility.