ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
glass transition temperature
;
polymer
;
repeat unit
;
correlation
;
structure
;
rotational degrees of freedom
;
topology
;
copolymerization
;
crosslinking
;
Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The empirical form for the dependence, Tg(n) ≅ Tg(∞)·(1 + α/n), of the glass transition temperature Tg on the average number n of repeat units between crosslinks, is generalized for randomly crosslinked high polymers. The new form, Tg(n) ≅ Tg(∞) · [1 + c/(n·Nrot)], is based on a correlation study of data for 77 samples of 10 different sets of resins. The fitting parameter α is resolved into composition-dependent Nrot and composition-independent c terms. Nrot summarizes the average number of rotational degrees of freedom per repeat unit, and is estimated in a straightforward manner from the structure and mol fraction of each repeat unit. The value of c is found from data analysis to be 5 ± 2. The results of this work are consistent with expectations based on the entropy theory of glasses, and provide improved understanding and predictive ability for the properties of crosslinked polymers. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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