ISSN:
1436-2449
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Summary The kinetics of adsorption of pure polydimethylsiloxane or of bimodal mixtures, onto silica aggregates, was observed from the melt as a function both of polymer weight fraction (2.5 to 20 g/g) and of the specific area (50, 150 and 300 m2/g). Attention was focused on filled polymers wherein silica aggregates are connected to one another by adsorbed chains to form a network. Results were analysed according to a molecular approach. All observed kinetics curves were found to obey a property of superposition by using a suitable reduced time variable defined as : ; is the number average molecular weight and Qi is the initial amount of polymer per unit mass of silica. The rate of adsorption is proportional to 1/Qi.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002890050359
