ISSN:
0360-6376
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A quasi-equilibrium model of a step-growth copolymer that crystallizes and interchanges structural units simultaneously is presented. Equilibrium values of counit-sequence-length distribution in the amorphous phase and degree of crystallinity are calculated in a system for which crystallite thickness is determined by nucleation. When applied to calculations, the model predicts that the counits of the amorphous phase will tend to be ordered in blocks. The crystalline content of the whole polymer and the extent of ordering counits along the chain decreases with increasing temperature. The model predicts temperature ranges for some whole copolymers in which one of two similarly stable, disparate combinations of crystallinity and sequence-length distribution may prevail.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1978.170161019
