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Polyelectrolyte effect and conformational transition in a restricted polyacid structure
Author(s) -
Healy E. M.,
Ramsley A. O.,
Natsios B. A.
Publication year - 1972
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.1972.070160104
Subject(s) - polyelectrolyte , polyacrylic acid , electrolyte , chemistry , polymer , drop (telecommunication) , chemical physics , thermodynamics , polymer chemistry , polyamide , crystallography , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , telecommunications , electrode , computer science
In a polyacid consisting of polyacrylic acid attached to a polyamide matrix, marked effects in equilibrium acid–base characteristics are observed, attributable to a hindered polyelectrolyte structure. In the presence of neutral electrolyte, the very high values found for p K a drop sharply. A break in the Henderson‐Hasselbalch curve indicates a conformational transition at α = 0.55 which is deferred to 0.95 by the presence of neutral electrolyte.