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:
The complex Young's modulus, E*(ω), and the complex strain-optical coefficient, O*(ω), of poly(ether sulfone) (PES), polysulfone (PSF), and polyethermide (PEI), were measured over the frequency range 1 to 130 Hz. The data were analyzed with a modified stress-optical rule: The Young's modulus was decomposed into two complex functions, EG*(ω) and ER*(ω); the modified stress-optical coefficient, CR and CG, associated with the rubber (R) and glass (G) components, respectively, were determined. The results for six polymers, including polystyrene, poly(α-methyl styrene), and bisphenol A polycarbonate were compared with each other. One of the coefficients, CR, equivalent to the stress-optical coefficient in melts, mainly depended on the way in which phenyl groups were connected to the chain. The other, CG, was in the range of 20 to 40 Brewsters, and did not strongly depend on the details of polymer structure. The component function, EG*(ω), which was located in the glassy region and originated from the high glassy modulus, was almost the same in shape when plotted against ω with double logarithmic scales. The R component, ER*(ω), located at the long time end of the glass-to-rubber transition zone, was slightly sensitive to the molecular structure of polymers.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760340210
