Dependence of viscosity of polystyrene solutions on molecular weight and concentration

Autor: B.T. Ong, B.T. Poh
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: European Polymer Journal. 20:975-978
ISSN: 0014-3057
DOI: 10.1016/0014-3057(84)90080-6
Popis: Viscosities of solutions of polystyrene in toluene were measured for concentrations up to 400 kg m−3 at 298 K. Polymers of molecular weights ranging from 8.7 × 103 to 2.4 × 106 were used. It is observed that viscosity of the polymer solution increases with increasing concentration and molecular weight; the rate of increase is greater at higher values of the two parameters. A master curve for the system is constructed by using the experimental data for viscosity, concentration and molecular weight of the polymer. Regions of various polymer interactions in solution are identified.
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