Bulk polymer/solvent interactions for polyethylene and EVA copolymers, below their melting temperatures

J Camacho, E Díez, G Ovejero - Polymer Bulletin, 2017 - Springer
In this work, the Flory–Huggins parameters corresponding to the amorphous phase of a
polyethylene (PE) and two ethylene–vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers (with 18 and 33% vinyl …

Application of Flory-Huggins theory to ternary polymer-solvents equilibria: A case study

E Favre, QT Nguyen, R Clement, J Neel - European polymer journal, 1996 - Elsevier
The ternary equilibrium data of the following systems: benzene/heptane/NBR at 60° C
(system 1), heptane/isooctane/PE at 25° C (system 2), ethanol/water/CA at 20° C (system 3) …

Thermodynamic interactions of EVA copolymer‐solvent systems by inverse gas chromatography measurements

J Camacho, E Díez, G Ovejero… - Journal of applied polymer …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The solubility parameter and the Flory–Huggins interaction parameter of two EVA (ethylene–
vinyl acetate) copolymers, each one with different vinyl acetate content, are calculated by …

A new methodology to determine sorption curves from Flory Huggins parameters measured at solvent and polymer infinite dilution

J Camacho, E Díez, G Ovejero - European Polymer Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, a new methodology to determine the solvent sorption curve (pressure-
composition curves for the vapour-liquid equilibrium) of a polymer/solvent mixture, from the …

Thermodynamic Study of PVAc–Solvent and PE–Solvent Diluted Solutions

J Camacho, ED Alcantara, D Blanco, E Martin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - cetjournal.it
The objective of this work is to develop a thermodynamic study of poly-vinyl acetate (PVAc)–
methanol (MET), polyethylene (PE)–cyclohexane (CX) and polyethylene–p-xylene (p-XYL) …

Solvent effect on the equilibrium polymerization of α-methylstyrene

J Léonard - Polymer, 1987 - Elsevier
Abstract The Flory-Huggins interaction parameter χ has been determined from static vapour-
pressure measurements for four binary mixtures: α-methylstyrene in p-dioxane or …

Inverse gas chromatography study of polyvinylacetate–solvent and polyethylene–solvent systems

J Camacho, E Díez, L Gomez… - Polymer Engineering & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, the thermodynamic behavior of polyvinylacetate (PVAc)–solvent, and
polyethylene (PE)–solvent mixtures have been studied by determining the thermodynamic …

Determination of interaction parameters for highly incompatible polymers

HM Petri, R Horst, BA Wolf - Polymer, 1996 - Elsevier
Experiments and calculations were performed for the ternary system cyclohexane/
polystyrene/polyisobutylene (CH/PS/PIB) to study the possibilities of determining the Flory …

On what terms and why the thermodynamic properties of polymer solutions depend on chain length up to the melt

A Schneider, N Schuld, M Bercea… - Journal of Polymer …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretical considerations based on chain connectivity and conformational variability of
polymers have led to an uncomplicated relation for the dependence of the Flory–Huggins …

Solvent quality as reflected in concentration‐and temperature‐dependent Flory–Huggins interaction parameters

N Schuld, BA Wolf - Journal of Polymer Science Part B …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Flory–Huggins interaction parameters (χ) between poly (dimethylsiloxane)(weight‐average
molecular weight= 152 kg/mol) and various solvents (methyl ethyl ketone, toluene and n …