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Vapour sorption studies of polymer‐solution thermodynamics using a piezoelectric quartz crystal microbalance
Author(s) -
Price Gareth J,
Haddon Dawn A,
Bainbridge Anthony,
Buley Jill M
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.2062
Subject(s) - quartz crystal microbalance , sorption , polystyrene , siloxane , thermodynamics , materials science , polymer , quartz , crystal (programming language) , methacrylate , methyl methacrylate , polymer chemistry , flory–huggins solution theory , chemical engineering , chemistry , adsorption , composite material , copolymer , physics , computer science , engineering , programming language
A quartz crystal microbalance was used as the basis of a vapour sorption apparatus to measure thermodynamic interaction parameters of polystyrene, poly(4‐chlorostyrene) and poly(methyl methacrylate) with a number of solvents. The apparatus was shown to give rapid and reliable results by comparison with literature results for poly(dimethyl siloxane). Measurements of activity coefficients and Flory–Huggins interaction parameters were correlated with the solution behaviour of the components and revealed some hitherto unreported effects of the solution concentration in polar systems. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry