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The heat of mixing for polymer solutions, by analogy with solutions of low molar mass solutes, is given by ... 

Flory-Huggins Approach. One explanation of blend behavior lies in the thermodynamics of the preceding section, where instead of a polymer-solvent mixture, we now have a polymer-polymer mixture. In these instances, the heat of mixing for polymer pairs (labeled 1 and 2) tends to be endothermic and can be approximated using the solubility parameter. The interaction parameter for a polymer-polymer mixture, Xi2, can be approximated by... 

In this review, we introduce another approach to study the multiscale structures of polymer materials based on a lattice model. We first show the development of a Helmholtz energy model of mixing for polymers based on close-packed lattice model by combining molecular simulation with statistical mechanics. Then, holes are introduced to account for the effect of pressure. Combined with WDA, this model of Helmholtz energy is further applied to develop a new lattice DFT to calculate the adsorption of polymers at solid-liquid interface. Finally, we develop a framework based on the strong segregation limit (SSL) theory to predict the morphologies of micro-phase separation of diblock copolymers confined in curved surfaces. 

Figure 12.24. Free energy of mixing for polymers 1 and 2 with the same molecular weight M calculated from from Eq 12.25 [Paul, 1985],...

The solubility parameter (8) is defined as the square root of the CED. This quantity was indroduced hy Hildebrand2 and used as a predictor of liquid-liquid solubility. The enthalpy of mixing is proportional to square of the difference (81-82) in the solubility parameters for the two liquids. Thus in combination with the entropy of mixing, the magnitude of this quantity determines the free energy of mixing. For polymers, where we do not have an experimental method for the determination of the CED of the liquid, we cannot expect to be able to make accurate predictions for the enthalpy of mixing. This point is elaborated further below. 

Vertical and horizontal capacitive apparatus appointed by mechanical mixers of impeller, turbine, ribbon, disk, extrusion type including stirring rod for high viscosity mediums mixing are referred to stirring reactors or cascade of flow reactors [3-5, 10]. However, application of apparatus with mechanical mixing for polymers synthesis is limited by maximum limit of viscosity 10-10 Pa-sec. Nevertheless, about 90% of plastics and synthetic rubbers, and 70% of fibers are produced in stirred tank reactors [10]. 

The excess functions of mixing are usually defined by Equation 1.1.3-28, though other versions are known (Shakhparonov, 1956). In particulsn, it is re2isonable to define excess functions of mixing for polymer solutions by... 

The perceived need for dispersive mixing for polymer blending raises the question as to how single screw extruders, which are poor dispersive mixers, can produce useful products where the material to be recycled consists of polymer mixtures. However, as happens so often in extrusion, nothing can be taken for granted. 

Since polymeric molecules are much larger and hence generally have much higher specific volumes than small molecules, the number of molecules involved in a polymeric mixture is far smaller than the number in a small molecule mixture of equal volume. The energetics of mixing, on the other hand, is comparable on a per volume basis for polymeric and small molecule mixtures. This tends to increase the free energy of mixing for polymer solutions and thus make solvation less favorable. Thus, concentrated solutions of polymers are far rarer than those of small molecules. 

Here (])i = (]) and <[>2 = (1 — 4>) volume fractions of the crystalline component and amorphous component, respectively r and ri represent the numbers of statistical segments of the polymer chain of crystalline and amorphous constituents, respectively, with Xaa = Xfh = A+B/T, where the FH interaction parameter represents the amorphous-amorphous interaction and A and B are constants. Let us consider a situation where a crystalline polymer is mixed with an amorphous polymer, that is, polymeric solvent. The chemical potential of the liquid phase can be calculated from the Flory-Huggins theory of liquid-liquid mixing for polymer blends as follows ... 

In the simple thermodynamic model of Flory, the heat of mixing for polymer solutions (AHJ is calculated using Hildebrand s regular solution theory [13] that gives... 

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