ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
adsorption
;
desorption
;
association
;
polystyrene
;
NMR
;
polymer transitions
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Composition-studies were carried out in which samples of films composed of poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) particles enmeshed by poly(tetrafluoroethylene) fibers were saturated with dichloromethane and then allowed to evaporate at 23°C to virtual dryness as the 1H-NMR signals and residual weight of sorbed liquid were monitored. The correlations, of 1H-NMR line-widths with the corresponding log of the number, αt of residual sorbed molecules per monomer unit show that sharp changes occur as αt passes through αG the composition that exists when all the liquid not sorbed (i.e., not present within the liquid-saturated particles), has been eliminated, and again as αt passes through αg the composition that exists when the particles attain the rigidity characteristic of the glassy state. Correlation of the corresponding T1 relaxation times with log αt show that sharp changes occur when αt becomes equal first to α′s and then to α′g the compositions that exist respectively when, firstly, all the sorbed liquid not immobilized by adsorption to the polymer chains within the particles has been eliminated, and then when the desorption of immobilized liquid from the chains causes the composition to begin to undergo transition from its rubbery state to its glassy state.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1992.080300622
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