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RESEARCH PRODUCT

CPF : Continuous polymer fractionation

Bernhard A. Wolf

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationChromatographyPolymers and PlasticsChemistryHomogeneousOrganic ChemistryExtraction (chemistry)Materials ChemistryFractionationPolymerSolubilityPolymer fractionationCondensed Matter Physics

description

A method is presented by means of which it is possible to fractionate polymers according to their solubility on a technical scale. The CPF consists of a continuous counter-current extraction process in which a homogeneous mixture of a molecularly or/and chemically non-uniform high molecular weight product is divided into two portions of considerably lower non-uniformity. The principle of the CPF is described in general terms and examples are given for the fractionation of homopolymers.

https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.19920610119