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Use of continuous viscometer and light scattering detectors in characterization of polyolefins: Comparisons of data from individual and combined detectors
Molecular weights of polyethylenes have been characterized using differential refractometer (DRI), continuous viscometer (CV), and low‐angle laser light (LALLS) detection. In normal operation with the latter two detectors, the DRI is also employed as a concentration detector. The intrinsic viscosity...
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Published in: | Journal of applied polymer science 1992-10, Vol.46 (5), p.763-773 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Molecular weights of polyethylenes have been characterized using differential refractometer (DRI), continuous viscometer (CV), and low‐angle laser light (LALLS) detection. In normal operation with the latter two detectors, the DRI is also employed as a concentration detector. The intrinsic viscosity of the whole polymer can be derived from the CV without use of a DRI concentration detector. If one calibrates the size exclusion chromatography (SEC) columns using the CV detector, it is possible to use this universal calibration relation and the CV detector to calculate number average molecular weight (Mn) of the polymer. Weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the sample can be calculated using data from the LALLS alone, without reference to the DRI. These variations of the analysis were tested and the advantages and limitations of the different detectors were compared using standard reference polyethylene samples in solution in 1,2,4‐trichlorobenzene at 145°C. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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ISSN: | 0021-8995 1097-4628 |
DOI: | 10.1002/app.1992.070460503 |