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Viscosity measurements were carried out as a function of pressure and temperature with solutions of 8 wt.-% PVC (Mw ≈ 75 000) in ten thermodynamically good solvents by means of a Searle-type viscometer. A rollingxyhball viscometer was used for the investigation of the pure solvents. In all cases the viscosity increases in a more or less exponential manner when the pressure is raised. The viscosity ratio f1000 = η1000 bar/η1bar can be varied by the choice of the solvent from ca. 2 (tetrahydrofuran) to 3,0 (cyclohexanone) at 40°C. For a constant temperature of 40°C, the volumes of activation for the viscous flow of the solutions, V≠, or f1000 exceed that of the pure solvent, by typically 25%. The dependence of f1000 or V≠ upon temperature is not very pronounced. However, the greater the f1000-values, the more marked are the temperature effects. The theoretical analysis of the data, including earlier measurements with PS, indicates that three terms contribute to f1000: the basic value (f1000)s stemming from the pure solvent, the value (f1000)p which the polymer would contribute under athermal conditions, and finally a thermodynamic term, (f1000)pa, considering the pull-along effect (i.e. the specific forces a given segment exerts on other segments under variable thermodynamic conditions).