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Physical aging in polymers: Comparison of two ways of determining narayanaswamy's parameter

Physical aging in polymers: Comparison of two ways of determining narayanaswamy's parameter In this work, we have investigated by differential scanning calorimetry the enthalpy relaxation of two poly(methyl(α‐n‐alkyl)acrylates) in which it is possible to change the length of the two alkyl chains. In particular, we have evaluated the Narayanaswamy parameter, which controls relative contribution of temperature and of structure to the relaxation times, by two methods: Grenet's method (GM) and the peak‐shift method (PSM). The data obtained show that both methods lead to equivalent results. Nevertheless, PSM requires fewer experiments than GM, and PSM appears to be more practical. The results obtained on the two acrylates show that the parameter x increases with the lateral chain length, that is to say, that the temperature effects increase as the length of the alkyl chain is increased. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Polymer Engineering & Science Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 Society of Plastics Engineers
ISSN
0032-3888
eISSN
1548-2634
DOI
10.1002/pen.10700
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Abstract

In this work, we have investigated by differential scanning calorimetry the enthalpy relaxation of two poly(methyl(α‐n‐alkyl)acrylates) in which it is possible to change the length of the two alkyl chains. In particular, we have evaluated the Narayanaswamy parameter, which controls relative contribution of temperature and of structure to the relaxation times, by two methods: Grenet's method (GM) and the peak‐shift method (PSM). The data obtained show that both methods lead to equivalent results. Nevertheless, PSM requires fewer experiments than GM, and PSM appears to be more practical. The results obtained on the two acrylates show that the parameter x increases with the lateral chain length, that is to say, that the temperature effects increase as the length of the alkyl chain is increased.

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Polymer Engineering & ScienceWiley

Published: Dec 1, 1996

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