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Measurement of cloud point temperature in polymer solutions.
G. A. MannellaV. La CarrubbaValerio Brucatosubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationCloud pointTurbidity MeasurementTemperature controlMaterials sciencechemistryThermoelectric effectTransmittancePolymerTernary operationInstrumentationTemperature measurementComputational physicsdescription
A temperature-controlled turbidity measurement apparatus for the characterization of polymer solutions has been instrumented and set up. The main features are the coupled temperature-light transmittance measurement and the accurate temperature control, achieved by means of peltier cells. The apparatus allows to measure cloud point temperatures by adopting different cooling protocols: low rate for quasi-equilibrium measurements and high rate for detect kinetic effects. A ternary polymeric solution was adopted as case study system showing that cooling rate affects the measured cloud point temperature.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-01 | The Review of scientific instruments |