Investigation of solutions and gels of poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) in cyclohexane and decalin by viscosimetry, calorimetry, and x-ray diffraction. A new crystalline form of poly(4-methyl-1-pentane) from gels
Investigation of solutions and gels of poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) in cyclohexane and decalin by viscosimetry, calorimetry, and x-ray diffraction. A new crystalline form of poly(4-methyl-1-pentane) from gels
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DOI:
10.1021/ma50006a048
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发表时间:
1981-09
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
S. Aharoni;G. Charlet;G. Delmas
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作者:
S. Aharoni;G. Charlet;G. Delmas
Comparison is made of solutionand gel properties of crystalline poly (4-methyl-l-pentene)(P4M1P) in cyclohexane (A) and decalin (B). Heats of mixing and viscosities have been measured in A at 65 C and viscosities in B at 135 C. The difference between h] in A (6.5 dL g"! 1) and B (2.8 dL g" 1) points to a different molecular state of the polymer chainin the two solvents, specifically a statistical coil in B and possibly a helix or association of helices in A. Aff (dissolution) of P4M1P at infinite dilution in A (32 J g™ 1) is found to have almost the same value as Afi (fusion). However, AH (dissolution) decreases when the polymer volume fraction increases and reaches a plateau of 15 J g" 1 above 2= 0.10. This is indicative of a highly cohesive gel. Wide-angle X-ray diffraction patterns were taken on P4M1P swollen at room temperature and also at various temperatures between 20 and 110 C on gels obtained after cooling a solution made at 125 C. The gel in B has the same X-ray pattern as the pure crystalline polymer (form I) while a new crystalline pattern (form II) is observed in A up to 100 C. After drying ofthe cyclohexane or cyclopentane gels, form II persists, a feature observed recently on isotactic polystyrene. The new pattern is characterized by a displacement toward lower angles of the two lower 26 diffraction peaks (26 displacement= Io). DSC on form