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:
The diffusion of radioactively tagged n-hexadecane, 1,7-heptanediol, and ethylene glycol has been studied in one polar and six nonpolar rubbery polymers. The penetrant-polymer pairs included some in which the two components were miscible in all proportions and some in which they were nearly incompatible (solubility of penetrant in polymer of the order of 1%). The theory for the thin smear method for measuring the diffusion coefficient was evaluated for incompatible pairs with two cases: case 2, when the rate-limiting step is diffusion through the polymer; and case 3, when the rate-limiting step is entry into the polymer across the penetrant-polymer interface. They are easily distinguished experimentally from each other and from case 1, which refers to completely miscible pairs. In examples of case 3, e.g., ethylene glycol with butadiene or styrene-butadiene rubbers, the half-time for saturating the polymer surface in contact with the penetrant was found to be several days at 25°C. The diffusion coefficients, when compared in four hydrocarbon rubbers, of n-hexadecane and 1,7-heptanediol were similar in magnitude even though in each rubber the hexadecane was soluble in all proportions and the diol only very slightly. The diffusion coefficient of ethylene glycol, despite its extreme thermodynamic incompatibility, appeared to be somewhat larger than those of the other penetrants.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1977.070210317
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