Intrinsic Viscosity Dependence on Polymer Molecular Weight and Fluid Temperature
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-6-2003
Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Abstract
Experimental solution intrinsic viscosity responses to temperature and polymer molecular weight variations were used to test the modeling capability of a simplified intrinsic viscosity equation. The multiple linear equation contains three parameters that are related to the thermodynamic properties of a polymer solution. Simple linear regression was used to produce an intrinsic viscosity equation containing unique fitted parameters for each of three solutions. These parameters describe the polymer coil size at unperturbed conditions and the polymer coil expansion capabilities of the solvent as a function of fluid temperature and molecular weight. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Volume
89
Issue
10
First Page
2831
Last Page
2835
Recommended Citation
Rushing, T.,
Hester, R. D.
(2003). Intrinsic Viscosity Dependence on Polymer Molecular Weight and Fluid Temperature. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 89(10), 2831-2835.
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