ISSN:
0025-116X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Poly(trimethylene sulfide) (PTS) synthesized by means of anionic polymerization was studied with regard to its solubility behaviour and unperturbed chain dimensions. The Flory-Huggins interaction parameter was used to determine the solubility parameter of PTS, δ = 10,0 cal1/2 · cm-3/2, which agrees with the calculated one. PTS fractions were isolated by means of fractional precipitation from chloroform/hexane at 50°C. Their number-average molecular weight, M̄n, and the intrinsic viscosity, [η], were measured in chloroform at 25°C. From these data the relation [η] = 3,10 · 10-4 M̄0,76n was estimated. A value of the characteristic ratio, 〈r2〉0/(n l2) = 4,0, was determined from the Burchard-Stockmayer-Fixman plot, which shows that this chain molecule has high flexibility.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1988.021890213
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