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:
Statistical copolymers of styrene (S) and 2-methoxyethyl methacrylate (MEMA) (13-87 mass % of the latter monomer) were investigated by gradient HPLC on columns with either silica or CN-bonded phase packings. The samples were injected in THF solution. The starting eluent was in each case a nonsolvent (isooctane or mixtures of isooctane with THF and methanol). Separation was achieved by increasing the concentration of THF or methanol in the eluent. A calibration mixture of four copolymers (26, 49, 62, and 87% MEMA) was investigated according to the principles of chromatographic cross-fractionation (CCF) by size exclusion chromatography and subsequent gradient HPLC. The influence of molar mass on HPLC retention was small and, for the samples investigated by CCF, independent of copolymer composition. The composition effect on detector signal was also studied. At 230 nm wavelength and with MEMA content in the range between 20 and 40%, the effect was small and caused the average composition calculated from CCF results to deviate from the directly measured value by not more than 0.2 or 0.8% for the two copolymers investigated.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1989.070371107
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