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Solvent diffusion in amorphous polymers
Author(s) -
Ju S. T.,
Liu H. T.,
Duda J. L.,
Vrentas J. S.
Publication year - 1981
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.1981.070261120
Subject(s) - diffusion , polystyrene , polymer , thermal diffusivity , vinyl acetate , solvent , amorphous solid , materials science , polymer chemistry , methyl methacrylate , methacrylate , diffusion theory , volume (thermodynamics) , chemical engineering , thermodynamics , polymer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , physics , copolymer , engineering
New diffusivity data are presented for solvent diffusion in poly(vinyl acetate), poly(methyl methacrylate), and polystyrene. These data are used to test the predictive and correlative capabilities of a recently proposed free‐volume theory of diffusion. Comparisons of data and theory showed that the proposed theory provided an accurate description of diffusion in concentrated polymer solutions.