Hydrolyzed polymer, small angle

Small Angle X-ray from Hydrolyzed Polymer. When the polymer is hydrolyzed, a new reflection is observed in the SAXS scan, as shown in Figure 8, which corresponds to a Bragg spacing of from 3 to 5 nm. It is this reflection which has been attributed to ionic clustering in "Nation" (1-40. The origin of this reflection is currently the subject of debate and we will defer our discussion of this topic for a subsequent chapter of this text (20). We first will present the results of our SAXS experiments. 

Figure 9. Small angle invariant x-ray scans from hydrolyzed polymers in sodium ion and swollen with water. Samples conditioned by boiling 1 h in 0.2% NaOH.

Figure 10. Variation of small angle Bragg spacing with exchange capacity in hydrolyzed polymer swollen with water.

Figure 11. Small angle x-ray scans from 1200 EW, hydrolyzed dry polymer in silver...

Figure 14. Small angle invariant x-ray scans from 1200 EW hydrolyzed polymer in lithium ion form showing the effect of degree of swelling with water.

Figure 15. The variation of the small angle Bragg spacing and invariant peak amplitude with water content in 1200 EW hydrolyzed polymer in lithium ion form.

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