Interrelations between relaxation distribution functions and apparent activation energy of flow

Summary

Starting from both the three-dimensional diagram of viscoelastic properties in the reciprocal temperature — log frequency — space and the time-temperature interrelation via apparent activation energy of flow, the possibility of theoretical interpretation of the isochronal behaviour is demonstrated, in analogy to the isothermal one. The determinative apparent activation energy of local flow is related with the relaxation spectra over the entire range of validity of the time-temperature superposition principle. Thus a theoretical background is offered for the method recommended before for the evaluation of the apparent activation energy of flow, which is applicable to calculate both isotherm and isochrone shift factors.