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Solution properties of diethylacetamide cellulose xanthate in dimethyl sulfoxide
Author(s) -
Cornell R. H.,
Swenson H. A.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1961.070051805
Subject(s) - xanthate , polymer , dimethyl sulfoxide , cellulose , intrinsic viscosity , viscosity , solvent , polymer chemistry , chemistry , molecule , derivative (finance) , sulfoxide , thermodynamics , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , financial economics , economics
Light‐scattering and viscosity measurements were obtained for seven fractions of the diethylacetamide derivative of cellulose xanthate (DAX) in 90% dimethyl sulfoxide. The degree of substitution (D.S.) range represented by the samples was 0.4 to 1.22; the molecular weight range was 112,000 to 446,000. The following empirical equation between the intrinsic viscosity and D.P. w was found: [η] = (5.63 – 3.35 D.S.) × 10 −3 D.P. w . As reflected by the k m – D.S. plot, the Martin constants, and the configuration parameters, it was apparent that the low D.S. derivatives are considerably more extended in solution than high D.S. derivatives of the same chain length. Under such conditions, it is apparent that solvent‐polymer interaction has assumed an important role in determining the polymer configuration. The behavior of the DAX molecule in solution was found to be strikingly similar to that of other cellulose derivatives. Hydrodynamic considerations revealed that the behavior in solution appears to approach that of the more flexible synthetic polymers at D.S. levels above 0.9 and molecular weights above 400,000.