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A class of mathematical models for sorption of swelling solvents in glassy polymers
Author(s) -
Astaluta G.,
Sarti G. C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760180510
Subject(s) - swelling , sorption , materials science , polymer , kinetics , class (philosophy) , thermodynamics , composite material , organic chemistry , chemistry , computer science , physics , classical mechanics , artificial intelligence , adsorption
A class of mathematical models for sorption of swelling solvents in glassy polymers is analyzed. The essential features of these models are the explicit consideration of the kinetics of swelling and of the driving force for swelling. It is shown that, even when all other elementary phenomena are modeled in the simplest possible way, all the experimentally observed features of the processes considered are correctly predicted.