ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The dielectric permittivity and loss of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), molecular weight 40,000, containing 40% (by weight) water have been measured over the temperature range 77-325 K and frequency range 12 Hz to 0.1 MHz. A prominent relaxation due to rotational diffusion of water molecules in a hydrogen-bonded structure occurs at T 〈 Tg (237 K). The half-width of the dipolar relaxation spectra is 2.27 decades and is temperature independent, which is strikingly different from the corresponding features of pure polymers. It is concluded that H-bonded amorphous solid water persists in the glassy polymer matrix and that the H-bonded structure contains the pyrrolidone side groups of the randomly oriented chain. The relaxation peak at T near Tg is masked by a large dc conductivity which, when expressed in terms of electric modulus, has a spectrum of half-width 1.37 instead of 1.14 decades expected for dc conductivity alone. The contribution from dipolar reorientation in the glass-rubber range of the PVP-H2O solution is smaller than that in its sub-Tg relaxation.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.1990.090280511
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