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The thermally induced phase separation behavior of hydrogen bonded polymer blends, poly(n-hexyl methacrylate) (PHMA) blended with poly(styrene-co-vinyl phenol) (STVPh) random copolymers having various vinyl phenol contents, was studied by temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC).The enthalpy of phase separation was determined to be about 0.5 cal g−1 for one of the blends. A phase diagram was constructed from the TMDSC data for one of the blends. The kinetics of phase separation was studied by determining the phase compositions from the glass transition temperatures of quenched samples after phase separation. Subsequently, the phase separated samples were annealed at temperatures below the phase boundary to observe the return to the homogeneous state.
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Chiu, S.C., Kwei, T.K. & Pearce, E.M. DSC Studies of Thermally Induced Phase Separation of Hydrogen Bonded Polymer Blends. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 59, 71–81 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010171509415
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