ISSN:
0025-116X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The unperturbed dimensions of 1,4-trans-polyisoprene (TPIP) were estimated using various [η] - Mw extrapolation methods. The results of various methods agree very closely, however, the solvent-polymer interaction parameter, B, assumes different values from method to method. The polymer chains are found to assume random coil structure in solvents like benzene, toluene and cyclohexane. A more compact coiled structure is found in hexane. This was further substantiated by estimation of the excluded volume per segment: 7,3 Å3 in good solvents and 4,0 Å3 in hexane. On a relative scale, the stiffness parameters for TPIP chains were found to be: σ = 1,26 and C∞ = 5,99 for the expanded coil configuration, and σ = 1,11 and C∞ = 4,46 for the compact coil configuration, which is smaller than the literature data. If the latter are corrected for molecular heterogeneity, the agreement with the present data is excellent. The temperature coefficient of the unperturbed dimensions also supports this results.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1985.021861115
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