ISSN:
1435-1536
Keywords:
Carbochain fluoropolymers
;
melting entropy
;
melt compressibility
;
cell model
;
chain stiffness
;
free volume fraction
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Polyvinyl fluoride (PVF), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) were studied by differential calorimetry at normal pressure in the temperature interval 130–555 K, and by pressure dilatometry in the temperature interval 303–545 K and in the pressure range 14–70 MPa. Pressure derivatives of the melting temperature,dT m/dP, were used to calculate the “true” melting entropy ΔS m from the Clausius-Clapeyron equation, while equilibrium values of the melt specific volume were treated according to the Simha-Somcynsky cell theory. Comparison of the experimental data for PVF, PVDF and PCTFE with pertinent published data for polyethylene (PE) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) showed that a steady decrease of ΔS m and of the conformational contribution to ΔS m reflects the increase of the equilibrium chain stiffness as the hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chain (PE) are substituted with bulkier fluorine and/or chlorine atoms (PCTFE, PTFE), while a concomitant drop of the pressure reducing parameter from the cell model and an increase of melt compressibility and the derivative,dT m/dP, should be attributed to the increase of the free volume fraction of the melt in the series, PE to PTFE.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01412248
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