General Rules for Polymer Solubility

Let us begin by listing some general qualitative observations on the dissolution of the polymers  

Like dissolves like, that is, polar solvents wUl tend to dissolve polar polymers and nonpolar solvents will tend to dissolve nonpolar polymers. Chemical similarity between 

Fundamental Principles of Polymeric Materials, Third Edition. Christopher S. Brazel and Stephen L. Rosen. 2012 John Wiley Sons, Inc. Published 2012 by John Wiley Sons, Inc. 

In a given solvent at a particular temperature, the solubility of a polymer will decrease with increasing molecular weight. 

(a) Crosslinking eliminates solubility (swelling is the best the polymer can do)  

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General rules for polymer solubility. A number of structural parameters of the polymer affect the ease and speed of the polymer solution. These include ... 

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