ISSN:
0025-116X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
A Rheovibron DDV-II-C viscoelastometer was used to carry out loss tangent measurements on purified, swollen elastin networks. The diluents employed were HO(CH2CH2O)mH with m = 0-4, i.e. water, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol (2,2′-oxydiethanol), triethylene glycol (3,6-dioxa-1,8-octanediol) and tetraethylene glycol (3,6,9-trioxa-1,11-undecanediol) and the temperature range was -120 to 40°C. The results, in particular the effects of the various diluents on the α- and β-transitions, are in support of the random-network model rather than the twophase liquid-drop model, for elastin in the rubberlike state.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1989.021900524
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