ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
We present an analysis of data on the intrinsic viscosity [η] of sulfo-polystyrene ionomers in several solvents for a variety of sulfonation levels and counterions. For solvents of low dielectric constant, 2 〈 ε 〈 18, [η] decreases from the base polymer value [η]0 with increasing substitution level. This behavior was attributed to intramolecular association of ionic dipoles. The ratio [η]/[η]0 was found to depend on a single reduced variable αAαSx, where x is the fractional substitution, αA depends only on the counterion, and αS ∝ ε-1 depends only on the solvent. For solvents of high dielectric constant, 36 〈 ε 〈 47, [η] increases approximately as x3, and counterion effects are small. This behavior was attributed to ionic dissociation, giving rise to a polyelectrolyte effect. Implications of the low ε results are discussed in relation to association-induced gelation behavior and possible generalizations of the reduced variables approach.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.1987.090251005
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