SOLUTION PROPERTIES AND CHAIN STIFFNESS OF POLY(ACENAPHTHYLENE)


KUCUKYAVUZ S., GOKSEL C., KUCUKYAVUZ Z.

JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY, sa.12, ss.907-917, 1993 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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Solution properties of poly(acenaphthylene) (PACN) were investigated in a theta solvent (1,2-dichloroethane) and a good solvent (chloroform). The viscosity exponent alpha was found to be 0.50 at both 35 and 41-degrees-C in 1,2-dichloroethane. Unperturbed dimensions found from viscometric measurements were compared with those of other vinyl aromatic polymers. Calculation of the chain flexibility parameters led to the conclusion that PACN is a rather stiff chain compared to other vinyl polymers with its characteristic ratio C(infinity) of 18.2 and chain flexibility parameter lambda of 7.