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The rheological and stress-optical behavior of the melts of several grades ob bisphenol-A-polycarbonate (PC) and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) is investigated. Pertinent flow birefringence measurements are carried out in a remodelled cone-plate apparatus [1]. The shear stress in the polymer melt is calculated from the dynamic moduli, which are determined separately. It is shown that the linear stress optical rule is obeyed. In this way, the stress-optical coefficient C of the melt can be determined. The low-Mw polycarbonates all behave as Maxwellian fluids. The main stress direction does not deviate significantly from 45°. In the temperature range from 160° to 260°C the stress-optical coefficients of the different grades lie between 3 and 4×10−9 Pa−1 and show a weak temperature dependence. The stress-optical coefficient of PMMA is about a factor of 100 lower and shows a peculiar temperature-dependence, changing its sign at 144°C. The results are discussed in terms of the anisotropy of the polarizability of the polymer chain.
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Wimberger-Friedl, R. The peculiar rheo-optical behavior of bisphenol A-polycarbonate and polymethylmethacrylate. Rheola Acta 30, 329–340 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00404193
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