ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
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:
Experimental data on hexane vapor sorption in phase-segregated polybutadiene/polystyrene blends are reported, which exhibit seemingly non-Fickian characteristics that previous workers with styrene/butadiene copolymer attributed to a diffuse interphase. These data, plus results derived from a model of sorption in heterogeneous media containing a slowly permeable dispersed phase, indicate that the mere presence of two phases with different diffusion time constants is a sufficient condition for apparently non-Fickian overall behavior. Consequently, definitive morphological inferences cannot be drawn from such observations. In addition, results of modeling the corresponding permeation process are analogous to those obtained in an earlier study of permeation with immobilizing chemical reaction.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760261504
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