ISSN:
0449-296X
Keywords:
Physics
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A high-resolution proton magnetic resonance compositional analysis has been developed for propylene polymers containing 0-40 wt.-% ethylene as either homopolymer or copolymer blocks. The test is independent of tacticity and provides qualitative information on copolymer sequencing and propylene chain structure. The analysis was developed using a series of standard reference polymers synthesized to contain various ratios of C14-tagged ethylene and propylene. The compositional standards were established by radiotracer analysis for C14 and by preparing weighed physical mixtures of homopolymers. Spectra were obtained at 200 ± 10°C. by placing externally heated polymer solutions into a conventional probe of a Varian A-60 proton spectrometer. All measurements were made on ± 10% polymer solutions in diphenyl ether. Analyses are accurate to about ± 10% at higher ethylene concentrations. The method is sensitive, with less precision, to below 1% for ethylene either as blocks or homopolymer.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1966.150040112
