ISSN:
0098-1273
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The dynamic mechanical properties have been determined and the β relaxation temperatures Tβ have been located for a series of copolymers of ethylene with norbornene, methylnorbornene, dicyclopentadiene, and octahydrodimethanonaphthalene. The Tβ values show discontinuous changes with changing comonomer content. The several levels of Tβ observed apparently can be associated with the sequence of close multiplets of norbornane moieties ranging from isolated units through pairs to triads and higher. For isolated norbornane units Tβ is around 10°C, while for pairs of these units, probably separated by a C2H4 unit, it is 55°C. The size of the norbornene-type comonomer has a small but measurable effect on these values of Tβ. The bearing of these results on the problem of defining a value of Tg for polyethylene is discussed.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1974.180120809
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