ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Physisorption of nitrogen at one specific pressure is used to determine the specific surface area of a flocculated polystyrene latex by applying BET theory. Assuming that a flocculated sample of Polymer latex is composed of distinct spherical latex particles (i.e., there is no coagulation of particles), the volume-surface-average diameter can be calculated. The resulting diameters are compared to sizes obtained using a disc centrifuge sedimentometer, which fractionizes the particles by sedimentation. The diameters from both techniques were in good agreement, showing that physisorption of nitrogen, which is a simple technique, can be used to determine sizes of flocculated latex particles. This agreement also shows that the flocculation of the polystyrene latex produced separate nonporous spherical particles. When flocculation of a latex is done above its glass transition temperature, coagulation will occur. While other particle sizing techniques can produce particle size distributions, the physisorption of nitrogen only gives the volume-surface-average diameter. However, one advantage of the physisorption of nitrogen is that it covers a broad range of particle sizes compared to most other techniques. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1994.070521308
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