ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
poly(ethylene terephthalate)
;
poly(ethylene naphthalate)
;
carbon dioxide
;
diffusion
;
glassy polymers
;
modeling
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Finite difference modeling has been used to predict the results of gas transport experiments for a concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient. Experiments on the transport of CO2 in poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(ethylene naphthalate) had previously shown a difference between the effective diffusion coefficients for absorption and desorption runs of a double-sided experiment, but this effect had not been seen for single-sided experiments. The finite difference calculations show that such results are to be expected, and the parameters included in the models that attempt to describe the diffusion process in glassy polymers, such as the dual-mode model, and which lead to concentration-dependent diffusion coefficients, can be found by fitting the experimental data for the double-sided experiment using finite difference modeling. The dependence of the effective diffusion coefficient on pressure for the single-sided experiment can be correctly predicted using results from the double-sided experiment for an identical sample. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
