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Swelling of Coating Films

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The factors and theoretical approaches to equilibrium swelling of cross-linked polymer systems were analyzed in relation to the application of the equilibrium swelling method for characterization of structure of cross-linked coating films. Special attention was paid to the possibility of characterizing the cross-link density and its changes during film formation. For swelling of highly cross-linked networks (coating films) in good solvents, the finite extensibility of network chains was respected. The effect of adhesion of the film to the substrate was also considered. If equilibrium swelling method (swell test) is used for characterizing changes in cross-link density of drying (reacting) films, the results are often not meaningful for several reasons such as (a) dependence of interaction parameter on conversion; (b) if the sample is in its glassy state and contains unreacted functional groups, increase of conversion occurs during the test when swelling induces transition from the glassy to the rubbery state.

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    g = χ, if both quantities are concentration independent; otherwise, the concentration dependences can be recalculated; in the examples below, we will be using the concentration-dependent parameter χ, where the concentration dependence will be related to the chemical potentials of the solvent.

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    Karel Dušek & Miroslava Dušková-Smrčková

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    Karel Dušek

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Dušek, K., Dušková-Smrčková, M., Brent Douglas, C. (2017). Swelling of Coating Films. In: Wen, M., Dušek, K. (eds) Protective Coatings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51627-1_12

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