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In this paper we report on a series of unidirectional compression measurements carried out on chemically crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and poly(vinyl acetate) (FVAc) networks. The influence of the molecular mass and the molecular mass distribution of the primary chains on the mechanical properties has been studied. The PVAc gels were prepared by total acetylation of the PVA gels without producing changes in the network topology (topo-analogous transformation) (NAGY et al. 1978). The comparison between the mechanical behaviour of PVA and PVAc gels enables us to make a more detailed analysis of the molecular parameters relevant to the network structure.
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Horkay, F., Nagy, M. Elasticity of swollen polyvinyl alcohol and poly(vinyl acetate) networks. Polymer Bulletin 3, 457–463 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283821
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