ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
liquid crystalline polymer solutions, MWD from viscometry in
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cis-Polybenzoxazole/polyphosphoric acid, MWD from viscometry liquid of, crystalline solutions of
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intrinsic viscosity and MWD in dilute solutions of rodlike liquid crystalline polymer
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Physics
Notes:
The molecular weight for a dilute solution of cis-polybenzoxazole (PBO) in polyphosphoric acid (PPA) was determined by fitting the rheological data with a semiempirical polydisperse hybrid theory. The hybrid theory models a semiflexible rigid rod as an elastic cylinder. The cylinder has both a rotational relaxation spectrum given by an ideal rigid rod and an internal bending relaxation spectrum spaced in accord with the relaxation time spectra of a flexible coil with fully developed hydrodynamic interactions. The model was fitted to rheological data collected for a 0.05 weight percent solution with intrinsic velocity (one-point determination) of 320 ± 10 cc/g. The model predicts a number-average molecular weight near 12800 ± 400 g/mol with a polydispersity index of 2.5 ± 0.1. By using the Yamakawa-Yoshizaki equation the intrinsic viscosity is calculated for the model molecular weight distribution as 310 cc/g.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.1992.090300305
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