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Elastic and viscous properties of dilute solutions of poly(methyl)methacrylate in certain solvent/non-solvent mixtures

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Investigation of certain rheological properties (viscosity, shear-elasticity, ‚Spinnbarkeit’, ‚Weissenberg Effect’) of solutions ofpoly(methyl)methacrylate shows that, for a given concentration of the polymer (e. g. 3%), large changes of the observed properties can be produced by altering the composition of the solvent and/or temperature. Such differences appear to be associated particularly with the magnitude of the stress relaxation time: when this is relatively large (presumably when conditions favour cohesion between the macromolecules), the polymer solutions exhibit markedly both ‘Spinnbarkeit’ and the ‘Weissenberg Effect’.

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Die Untersuchung gewisser Theologischer Eigenschaften (Viskosität, Scherelastizität, Spinnbarkeit, Weissenbergeffekt) von Lösungen des Polymethylmethacrylates zeigt, daß für eine gegebene Konzentration des Polymeren (z. B. 3%) große Änderungen der beobachteten Eigenschaften durch Verändern der Zusammensetzung des Lösungsmittels und/oder der Temperatur hervorgerufen werden können. Diese Unterschiede scheinen besonders die Werte der Spannungsrelaxationszeit zu beeinflussen: Wenn diese relativ lang ist (vornehmlich, wenn die Bedingungen die Kohäsion zwischen den Makromolekülen untereinander begünstigen), zeigen die polymeren Lösungen ausgeprägt beides: Spinnbarkeit undWeissenbergeffekt.

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Toms, B.A. Elastic and viscous properties of dilute solutions of poly(methyl)methacrylate in certain solvent/non-solvent mixtures. Rheol Acta 1, 137–141 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01968855

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