ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
In this paper, the shape of chromatograms obtained by elution of copolymers with a mixture of solvent-nonsolvent of variable composition has been studied from a theoretical point of view. It is assumed that the thermodynamic quality of the mixture at which the copolymer is eluted depends only on its composition and not on its mass and structure. If one characterizes the polydispersity in composition, assuming that each constituent obeys a molar mass distribution of the Zimm-Schulz type, one can draw the following curves: concentration of the copolymer versus eluant composition. They depend on three parameters, including composition of the copolymer and the polydispersity of each constituent. The most striking result is that the shape of the chromatogram changes dramatically when one increases the polydispersity of either constituents. For low polydispersities, one obtains a classical peak. For large polydispersities, the chromatogram has a minimum for the intermediate values of composition and presents peaks in the vicinity of the pure homopolymers. This can be explained easily by a qualitative argument. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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