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Determination of poly(oxypropylene diol) present in poly(oxypropylene triol) by thin‐layer chromatography
Author(s) -
Mameniskis Walter A.
Publication year - 1970
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.1970.070140507
Subject(s) - densitometer , triol , diol , silica gel , materials science , thin layer chromatography , chromatography , layer (electronics) , chemistry , polymer chemistry , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics
A thin‐layer chromatographic method has been developed for the quantitative determination of poly(oxypropylene diols) present in poly(oxypropylene triols). The polyols are separated on silica gel plates in a modified developing chamber using ethyl acetate as the developer. Quantitative results were obtained by conventional visualization and densitometer techniques. Polyols ranging in average molecular weight from 400 to 3000 have been resolved by this method. Diols present in a mixture with triols can be detected at levels as low as 1.0%.