ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
NMR
;
EPM
;
EPDM
;
polyolefin
;
mechanochemistry
;
chain ends
;
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
We report high-resolution solution-state NMR experiments on chain ends generated in ethylene-propylene copolymers by mechanical shearing in an extruder. The use of the higher resolution of the 13C-NMR spectrum, in a two-dimensional 1H-13C chemical shift correlation experiment, has allowed the complete resolution and assignment of the olefinic chain-end region of the 1H-NMR spectrum. Simultaneously, the assignments of the 13C olefinic resonances, previously identified [A. C. Kolbert, J. G. Didier, and L. Xu, Macromolecules, 29, 8591 (1996)] are confirmed. An iterative method for calculating the average molecular weight, based on quantitative measurements of the olefinic 1H-NMR peak intensities is introduced and these results are compared with measurements from 13C-NMR and size exclusion chromatography and correlated to reduced viscosities. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1955-1961, 1997
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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