Second osmotic virial coefficient revisited: Variation with molecular weight and temperature from endothermal to exothermal conditions

Autor: H. ‐J. Adam, B. A. Wolf
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: The Journal of Chemical Physics. 75:4121-4129
ISSN: 1089-7690
0021-9606
DOI: 10.1063/1.442500
Popis: Light scattering measurements for six samples of polystyrene (M = 20 400 to 2.5×106) were performed in tert‐butylacetate from 0–140 °C. Within this T interval, the second virial coefficients A2 change from negative to positive, pass through a maximum at intermediate temperatures, and get negative again. The M dependence vanishes when A2 = 0 at ϑ+ = 15.5 °C for endothermal, and at ϑ− = 109.5 °C for exothermal conditions. The temperature of athermal behavior increases with M from 42 °C (M = 20 400) to 62 °C (M = 2.5×106). For sufficiently high temperatures A2 grows larger as M is raised, in contrast to the normal situation. There exist strong indications that limM→∞ A2 is generally different from zero, except for theta conditions. The enthalpy part of the second virial coefficient A2,H becomes independent of M at Ξ+ = 31 °C for endothermal solutions and at Ξ− = 90 °C for exothermal. Between these temperatures A2,H decreases as M rises, else it increases. The unperturbed dimensions are the same at ϑ+ and ϑ−....
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