Recrystallization of Water in a Non-Water-Soluble Polymer Examined by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: Poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) with Low Water Content
Author(s) -
Makoto GemmeiIde,
Hiromi Kitano
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of physical chemistry b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1520-6106
pISSN - 1520-5207
DOI - 10.1021/jp806973c
Subject(s) - recrystallization (geology) , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , crystallization , water of crystallization , infrared , infrared spectroscopy , materials science , polymer , water vapor , fourier transform , water content , spectroscopy , chemical engineering , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , organic chemistry , optics , composite material , geology , mathematics , quantum mechanics , paleontology , mathematical analysis , physics , geotechnical engineering , engineering
Crystallization of water during heating, the so-called "recrystallization of water", in poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) (PMEA) was investigated by temperature-variable Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Recrystallization in a polymer-water system is generally understood to be a phase transition from glassy water (condensed water) to crystalline water. However, infrared spectral changes of the PMEA-water system with low water content indicated that the formation of ice I h during heating occurred by a vapor deposition process rather than by a crystallization process.
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