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Kinetics of absorption of N‐alkyl phthalate plasticizers into PVC resin particles
Author(s) -
Storey Robson F.,
Mauritz Kenneth A.,
Bui Loc Vinh
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of vinyl technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1548-0585
pISSN - 0193-7197
DOI - 10.1002/vnl.730090310
Subject(s) - plasticizer , materials science , arrhenius equation , phthalate , kinetics , polymer , absorption (acoustics) , activation energy , polymer chemistry , swelling , absorption of water , alkyl , glass transition , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The kinetics of plasticizer absorption by suspension polymerized polyvinylchloride (PVC) have been investigated. The volume swelling ratios of individual PVC particles, immersed in excess plasticizer, were recorded over a period of time using an optical microscope equipped with a high speed camera, Absorption of din‐decylphthalate was studied in the range 70 < T < 100°C. The study shows that the uptake of plasticizer proceeds in three steps: (1) a slow initial absorption into glassy PVC, which is a thermally activated rate process, wherein the polymer is being progressively solvated and evolving toward the rubbery state, (2) the considerable faster diffusion of plasticizer into a rubbery, dynamic polymer matrix, and (3) the asymptotic approach to the equilibrium swelling capacity. Temperature dependency of rate of absorption in the slow initial step was fitted to an Arrhenius expression, and an activation energy for plasticizer uptake was calculated.