THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL, POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL AND DIOXANE
THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL, POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL AND DIOXANE
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DOI:
10.1039/tf9575300921
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发表时间:
1957-01-01
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通讯作者:
ROWLINSON, JS
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作者:
MALCOLM, GN;ROWLINSON, JS
Measurements are reported of the vapour pressures, the heats of mixing, the densities and the phase relationships of solutions of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol in water. The free energies, heats and entropies of dilution, the volume changes on mixing and the excess partial volumes have been derived. The results show significant differences from those for other polar polymer solutions. A comparison is made with the results for aqueous solutions of dioxane which is the cyclic dimer of the repeating unit in polyethylene glycol. Some new measurements of the vapour pressures of dioxane+ water solutions at temperatures between 100" C and 156" C and of the heat of mixing at 25" C, are reported in an appendix.Few precise measurements have yet been made of the thermodynamic properties of polymer solutions which contain polar molecules. This paper reports the results of a detailed investigation of the properties of the solutions of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol in water. These solutions provide examples of polymer solutions in which association and clustering of solvent molecules may occur and in which orientation-dependent interactions are present between solvent and polymer. Polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol were chosen because they are the simplest available polyethers. Several other polyethers are in course of preparation for future study.