ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
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:
Torsional Braid Analysis (TBA), like many other sample-supported techniques, measures the transition temperatures of a polymer deposited on an elastic support. It is shown here that any polymer transition found by the location of the maximum in the log decrement Δ (or loss tangent tan δ) of a composite shifts to lower temperatures as the rigidity (or modulus) of the elastic support is increased. The magnitude of this temperature decrease is larger for transitions at which a composite has a larger support-to-polymer rigidity ratio. In general the above conclusions hold even with unsupported systems if the rigidity (or modulus) of the sample can be increased without interfering with the polymer domain under investigation, for example, by crosslinking one of two phases of microphase-separated co-polymers.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760210304
