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Effect of the molecular weight of polystyrene on the viscosity of concentrated solutions

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The viscosity of solutions of polystyrene of various molecular weights (from 1.04 · 102 to 3.8 · 105) in a poor solvent (decalin) and a good solvent (ethylbenzene) has been measured at temperatures from 15 to 70°C over a broad range of shear stresses from 102 to 106 dyne/cm2. The nature of the solvent has a considerable influence on the critical molecular weight and the absolute value of the viscosities of the solutions over the entire range of molecular weights and on the form of the flow curves of decalin solutions of polystyrene as a function of temperature. The heat of activation of viscous flow increases with increase in molecular weight and shear stress on the interval 20–80°C. The results obtained are explained in terms of the effect of the molecular weight of the polymer, the nature of the solvent, stress and temperature on structure formation in the solution and on the orientation of the macromolecules and structures in the flow process.

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Ural Gor'kii State University, Sverdlovsk. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 920–926, September–October, 1970.

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Dreval', V.E., Tager, A.A., Sycheva, É.I. et al. Effect of the molecular weight of polystyrene on the viscosity of concentrated solutions. Polymer Mechanics 6, 795–800 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00856215

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