Enthalpy relaxation of low molecular weight amorphous styrene oligomers measured with an adiabatic calorimeter

Autor: Itaru Tsukushi, Jun Fujimura, Eri Nishiyama, Mitsuhiro Shibata
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 135:2813-2817
ISSN: 1588-2926
1388-6150
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-018-7604-1
Popis: Herein, we measured the enthalpy relaxation of three styrene oligomers with different molecular weights (styrene oligomer with Mw = 4.53 × 102: PSA-300, styrene oligomer with Mw = 5.89 × 102: PSA-500, and styrene oligomer with Mw = 1.01 × 103: PSA-1000) near their respective glass transition temperatures (Tg) using an adiabatic calorimeter. We determined the relaxation rates and the amounts of configurational enthalpy released from the temperature dependence of the temperature drift rates around Tg. Based on our experimental findings, we found the amounts of configurational enthalpy release per monomer unit to be 0.8, 3.5, and 1.6 kJ mol−1 for PSA-300, PSA-500, and PSA-1000, respectively. These values were 3.9–18 times larger than that of glycerol, which is a typical glass-forming liquid.
Databáze: OpenAIRE