Polystyrene volatile fraction

Since the initial work of Smidsrod and Guillet numerous investigators have used I.G.C. to determine physicochemical parameters characterising the interaction of small amounts of volatile solutes with polymers Baranyi has shown that infinite dilution weight fraction activity coefficients, interaction parameters and excess partial molar heats of mixing can be readily determined with this technique. Partial molar heats and free energies of mixing, and solubility parameters of a wide variety of hydrocarbons in polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylete) have been determined The temperature dependence of the interaction parameter between two polymers has also been studied... 

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