ISSN:
0022-3832
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The relaxation of stress in polyisobutylene whole polymer of different average molecular weights has been investigated over the temperature range 30-100°C., and at different elongations. The shape of the relaxation curve is independent of elongation in a range of low elongations; above this range there is a gradual change in curve shape with increasing elongation. The shape of the relaxation curve for a given molecular weight is the same at different temperatures, when plotted as reduced stress vs. logarithmic time; a change in temperature essentially shifts the position of the curve along the logarithmic time scale. The activation energy for relaxation, calculated by use of the Arrhenius equation, is found to be independent of molecular weight in the molecular weight range investigated (M̄v = 665,00.0 to 1,420,000), the average value being 15.4 kcal. Straight lines are obtained when reciprocal viscosity-average molecular weight is plotted against log time required for the reduced stress to reach a certain arbitrary value, at a fixed temperature and elongation. Relaxation rate depends on molecular weight with sufficient sensitivity so that relaxation measurements may be a practical method of measuring molecular weight directly in the solid state.
Additional Material:
11 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1948.120030509
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