Viscosities of solutions of polyvinyl chloride
Viscosities of solutions of polyvinyl chloride
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01254a020
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发表时间:
1942-01-01
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15
通讯作者:
Fuoss, RM
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作者:
Mead, DJ;Fuoss, RM
Introduction We have found that the constant a of Eq.(1) is In connection with a study of the electrical properties of fractionated polyvinyl chloride, 1 the viscosity in solution was used as a measure of rela-tive molecular weights. 2 The purpose ofthis paper is to present a systematic study of the vis-cosities of solutions of polyvinyl chloride, in which the effects of temperature, rate of shear, concen-tration, timeand solvent were investigated. Vinyl chloride polymers prepared in different ways were investigated, and results on both fractionated and unfractionated samples are included. It is convenient to use the relative viscosity yr in discussing the viscositiesof these solutions; this quantity is defined as the ratio of the viscos-ity of a solution to that of the solvent 770 at the same temperature. If In 77,. is plotted against concentration, a curve is obtained which approaches linearity at low concentrations. The limiting slope of this curve at zero concentra-tion is [77], the “intrinsic viscosity’’introduced by Kraemer, 8 if concentrations are expressed in grams of solute per 100 cc. of solution. For linear poly-mers of high degree of polymerization, the intrin-sic viscosity is proportional to molecular weight. 2-6 In this paper, we shall express the concentra-tion c in monomoles (Staudinger’s “Grundmole”) per liter, so that c equals thenumber of equivalents of monomeric units per liter, and is independ-ent of degree of polymerization, branching or polydispersion. The logarithm of the relative viscosity approaches zero as the concentration approaches zero, but the ratio (In 77r)/c approaches a constant limiting value. We define X, the equivalent viscosity, as the ratio (In r¡,)/e because it measures the viscosity increment per equivalent of monomer. At low concentrations, X is linear in concentration