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Investigations of the phenomena of coacervation. Part II. Coacervation of polyethylene terephthalate
Author(s) -
Turska E.,
Utracki L.
Publication year - 1962
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.1962.070062202
Subject(s) - coacervate , polymer , miscibility , phase (matter) , solvent , titration , heptane , polymer chemistry , polyethylene , materials science , thermodynamics , chemistry , chemical engineering , chromatography , organic chemistry , physics , engineering
Abstract Investigations are reported for the influence of temperature, initial polymer concentration, and solvent composition on the course and character of the phenomenon of a division into two liquid phases of the system polyethylene terephthalate–phenol–tetrachloroethane– n ‐heptane. Some curves presented show changes in volumes of the phases in polymer content in phases, and in binodials of the liquid phases (Gibbs triangles). The term “coacervate” is suggested for the phase in which concentration of polymers during titration with nonsolvent is greater than that in the balancing phase, and in which at the same time the polymer content changes from 0 to 100%. It is shown that such a division into two liquid phases can take place only when the straight line representing the changes of nonsolvent content intersects the binodial between the critical point of miscibility and the side of the triangle of Gibbs corresponding to the zero content of polymer.