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Bi- and Tri-dimensional solutions: II. Polymethylmethacrylate

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Bidimensional films of Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) samples were studied at water-air interphase, varying the molecular weight of the samples and the spreading solvent. Chloroform, which is a good bulk solvent, and benzene, which is a “poorer” solvent, were used. The values of the “apparent” surface temperature0 and the results obtained by application of the Huggins' theory for monolayers show that:

  1. a)

    The processes of bulk solubilization and spreading are competitive and independent of the molecular weight (MW);

  2. b)

    The thermodynamic stability of the monolayers obtained from samples of different MW increases with the increase of MW;

  3. c)

    The values of the “apparent” surface temperatureθ decrease as the MW of the samples increases, for the PMMA.

Zusammenfassung

Es wurden zweidimensionale Filme von PMMA an Wasser/Luft-Grenzfläche, unter Variation des Molekulargewichts und unter Verwendung von verschiedenen Spreitungslösemitteln, studiert. Als Spreitungslösemittel wurden Chloroform (gutes Lösemittel) und Benzol (armes Lösemittel) verwendet. Die Werte der „scheinbaren” Oberflächentemperaturθ und die Ergebnisse die man von der Huggins-Theorie ableitet, beweisen da/sB:

  1. a)

    die Spreitfähigkeit und die Löslichkeit in massiver Phase konkurrieren und unabhängig sind vom Molekulargewicht;

  2. b)

    die thermodynamische Stabilität der Monoschichten, die man von Proben mit verschiedenem Molekulargewicht erhält steigt mit Zunahme des Molekulargewichtes;

  3. c)

    die Werte der „scheinbaren” Oberflächtentemperaturθ sinken mit Zunahme des Molekulargewichtes der PMMA-Proben.

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Gabrielli, G., Baglioni, P. & Ferroni, E. Bi- and Tri-dimensional solutions: II. Polymethylmethacrylate. Colloid & Polymer Sci 257, 1207–1211 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01517246

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