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:
Permeability measurements for oxygen and, to a lesser extent, carbon dioxide were carried out on a series of 24 structurally different aromatic polycarbonates. Polymers were prepared from bisphenols bearing substituents on the aromatic rings and/or the central aliphatic carbon atom. A strong correlation between monomer structure and polymer permeability was found, with gas transport rates varying by over two orders of magnitude between the most and the least permeable materials. In addition, a semilogarithmic relationship was found between oxygen transmission rates and monomer composition for two series of copolycarbonates. Of several methods explored, an excess free volume model was found best able to relate the experimental permeability values to the polymer molecular structure.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1990.070391005
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