ISSN:
0098-1273
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Light scattering and viscometric studies have been carried out on dilute solutions of a polybenzimidazole in N,N-dimethylacetamide. The data, which span the molecular weight range 2.9 ≦ 10-4Mw ≦ 23.3, and the temperature range 290 ≦ T/K ≦343, yield the dependence of the mean-square radius of gyration 〈s2〉LS, the second virial coefficient A2, and the intrinsic viscosity [η] on molecular weight Mw and temperature. The unperturbed mean-square radius 〈s20〉LS was calculated using experimental values of 〈s2〉LS and A2. It was found that excluded volume effects on 〈s2〉LS are very small. The unperturbed hydrodynamic chain dimension 〈s20〉η was estimated by considering draining effects. A small value of the draining parameter was obtained. Analysis of the temperature dependence of A2 and [eta;] leads to the conclusion that this system approaches a lower theta temperature with increasing temperature. The steric factor σ = 〈s20〉/〈s20〉f, based on the value of 〈s20〉f calculated for the polymer chain with free rotation, is nearly unity. Most of these properties can be interpreted in terms of long rotational units within the main chain.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1980.180180801
