Gel permeation chromatography experiment

The chemical structure of PBS also may be altered by exposure to radiation and such changes may contribute to the solubility rate difference between an exposed and an unexposed PBS film. U-type films were prepared from unirradiated powders while IP-type films were prepared from irradiated powders. Inspection of Table II or Figure 2 shows that the three U-type films have slightly larger solubility rates than IP-type films of comparable M. The solubility rate differences between IP and U-type films are small relative to the differences between IP and IF type films. The solubility rate difference between a U and an IP film of comparable M must arise from chemical structural differences between irradiated and unirradiated powders. These radiation-induced changes may also be responsible for differences observed in the elution behavior between irradiated and unirradiated PBS samples in gel permeation chromatography experiments. Irradiated PBS samples yield abnormally broad elution curves while unirradiated samples elute normally I3.8I. 

Gel permeation chromatography experiments with aqueous polymer solutions under carefully controlled conditions may be used to characterize a number of widely different pol3nner types. Solvents may be chosen which "shrink" molecules to dimensions which are resolvable in commercially available porous glass packings. For a series... 

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