Steady-state compliance temperature dependence

Therefore, whenever the temperature dependence of the steady-state compliance and the zero shear rate are known, the shift factors for viscoelastic liquids can be obtained directly from Eqs. (8.25) and (8.26). 

Fig. 4.4. Concentration dependence of reduced steady-state shear compliance J,B for a series of anionic polystyrenes, as mostly provided by Pressure Chem. Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. Except for the solutions of the three lowest concentrations of S 111 (Dow Chem. Corp.), which were prepared with methyl (4-bromo-phenyl) carbinol and used at various temperatures, all solutions were prepared with mono-bromo-benzene and used at 25° C (32). Measurement temperatures for the melts varied from 196 to 240° C (59). For the molecular weights of the polymers see Table 4.1...

While all relaxation times depend on temperature and pressure, only the global motions (viscosity, terminal relaxation time, steady-state recoverable compliance) are functions of Af , (and to a lesser extent MWD). The glass transition temperature of rubbers is independent of molecular weight because chain ends for high polymers are too sparse to affect this bulk property (Figure 3.14 Bogoslovov et al., 2010). The behavior can be described by the empirical Fox-Hory equation (Fox and Flory, 1954) ... 

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