Solution viscosities of ethylene–propylene copolymers in oils

Autor: Ashish Sen, Isaac D. Rubin
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 40:523-530
ISSN: 1097-4628
0021-8995
DOI: 10.1002/app.1990.070400318
Popis: Viscosities were obtained on oil solutions of ethylene-propylene copolymers with 58-80 mol% ethylene. For amorphous copolymers, intrinsic viscosities and equivalent hydrodynamic volumes showed little variation from −10 to 50°C. They decreased precipitously at low temperature for a partially crystalline copolymer with 80 mol% ethylene. The data can be explained by postulating that more ethylene and resulting crystallinity lead to ordered domains in solution at low temperatures, giving rise to additional contraction of the copolymer above that expected for a totally amorphous material.
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