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Coil overlap in moderately concentrated polyelectrolyte solutions: effects of self-shielding as compared with salt-shielding as a function of chain l…
2016
The generalized intrinsic viscosity {η} (hydrodynamic volume of the solute at arbitrary polymer concentration c) – introduced by analogy to the intrinsic viscosity [η] – provides access to the degree of coil overlap Ω for polyelectrolyte solutions in pure water or in saline water. The experimental basis of this investigation consists in viscosity measurements as a function of c for a large number of sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Na-PSS) samples covering the molecular weight range from 0.91 to 1000 kg mol−1. The accurate modeling of these dependencies with a maximum of three parameters yields detailed information on Ω as a function of (c[η]) in the absence and in the presence of extra salt. …
Excess free energy, enthalpy and entropy of surfactant-surfactant mixed micelle formation
1996
Enthalpies of dilution and osmotic coefficients of sodium decylsulfate (NaDeS)-dodecyldimethylamine oxide (DDAO) mixtures in water were determined at 298 and 310 K, respectively. From the enthalpies of dilution, the apparent and then the partial molar relative enthalpies of the surfactant mixtures were calculated. From the osmotic coefficients, calculated at 298 K, the non-ideal free energies were derived. The latter were combined with the partial molar relative enthalpies to obtain the non-ideal entropies. From the apparent molar properties, using a previously reported approach, the excess thermodynamic properties for the surfactant-surfactant mixed micelle formation in water were evaluate…
Controlling the Polymer Microstructure in Anionic Polymerization by Compartmentalization.
2018
An ideal random anionic copolymerization is forced to produce gradient structures by physical separation of two monomers in emulsion compartments. One monomer (M) is preferably soluble in the droplets, while the other one (D) prefers the continuous phase of a DMSO-in-cyclohexane emulsion. The living anionic copolymerization of two activated aziridines is thus confined to the DMSO compartments as polymerization occurs selectively in the droplets. Dilution of the continuous phase adjusts the local concentration of monomer D in the droplets and thus the gradient of the resulting copolymer. The copolymerizations in emulsion are monitored by real-time 1 H NMR kinetics, proving a change of the re…
Determination of halogen species of humic substances using HPLC/ICP-MS coupling
1997
A mass spectrometric method for the determination of chlorine, bromine and iodine species of humic substances (HS) has been developed by coupling a HPLC system with ICP-MS. Using size exclusion chromatography, the method was applied to the characterization of natural water samples (ground water, seepage water from soil, brown water) and a sewage water sample. Quantification of iodine/HS species was carried out by the on-line isotope dilution technique, which was not possible for bromine and chlorine species because of mass spectroscopic interferences by using a quadrupole ICP-MS. Characteristic fingerprints of the halogen/HS species, correlated with the corresponding UV chromatogram, were o…
Determination of heavy metal complexes with humic substances by HPLC/ICP-MS coupling using on-line isotope dilution technique
1997
An isotope dilution mass spectrometric (IDMS) method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of the complexes of 11 heavy metals (Ag, Cd, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pb, Tl, U, W, Zn and Zr) with humic substances (HS) by coupling HPLC with ICP-MS and applying the on-line isotope dilution technique. The HPLC separation was carried out with size exclusion chromatography. This HPLC/ICP-IDMS method was applied to samples from a brown water, ground water, sewage and seepage water as well as for a sample containing isolated fulvic acids. The total contents of heavy metals and of their complexes were analyzed in these samples with detection limits in the range of 5–110 ng/L. The analysis of heavy me…
Apparent molar volumes of strontium nitrate and copper(II) chloride in ethanol + water at 298.15 K
1998
Densities of ethanol + water + strontium nitrate and ethanol + water + copper(II) chloride mixtures have been measured with an oscillating-tube densimeter over a large range of concentrations of the salt and ethanol, at 298.15 K. From these densities, apparent molar volumes of both electrolytes in ethanol + water mixtures have been calculated, and partial molar volumes at infinite dilution have been evaluated.
Apparent molar volumes of potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate in ethanol + water at 298.15 K
1998
Densities of ethanol + water + potassium nitrate and ethanol + water + sodium nitrate mixtures have been measured with an oscillating-tube densimeter over a large range of concentrations of the salt and ethanol, at 298.15 K. From these densities, apparent molar volumes of both electrolytes in ethanol + water mixtures have been calculated, and partial molar volumes at infinite dilution have been evaluated.
Interpolymer complexes and polymer compatibility.
2012
A reliable method to decide whether two polymers A and B are miscible or incompatible would be very helpful in many ways. In this contribution we demonstrate why traditional procedures cannot work. We propose to use the intrinsic viscosities [η] of the polymer blends instead of the composition dependence of the viscosities as a criterion for polymer miscibility. Two macromolecules A and B are miscible because of sufficiently favorable interactions between the two types of polymer segments. For solutions of these polymers in a joint solvent, this Gibbs energetic preference of dissimilar intersegmental contacts should prevail upon dilution and lead to the formation of interpolymer complexes, …
Intrinsic Viscosities of Polymer Blends: Sensitive Probes of Specific Interactions between the Counterions of Polyelectrolytes and Uncharged Macromol…
2018
In joint dilute aqueous solutions of pullulan (PUL) and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS-Na) the Na+ ions of the polyelectrolyte interact so favorably with the monomeric units of PUL that isolated coils containing both types of macromolecules are formed upon dilution. When water is replaced against a 1 M solution of NaCl, this effect dies out because of the large surplus of Na+ ions. On the other hand, if the water contains increasing amounts of the respective counterpolymer instead of NaCl, the formation of mixed isolated coils is fostered, where a further diminution of the intrinsic viscosities is caused by the lower the solvent quality. The molar mass of PSS-Na plays an important rol…
Molecular parameters of hyperbranched polymers made by self-condensing vinyl polymerization of macroinimers
2000
The molecular weight averages and the degree of branching, DB, of a hyperbranched polymer obtained by self-condensing vinyl polymerization (SCVP) of a macroinimer A-(m)γ-B* is calculated by modifying the existing equations for SCVP. The polydispersity is lowered by a factor (γ + 1), where γ is the degree of polymerization of the macroinimer. DB decreases with γ, however, at full conversion the DB of the polymacroinimer is approximately 60% higher than expected from the “dilution” of an AB* inimer with linear m units. This is the result of the existence of a new kind of branched units. The structure of polymacroinimers is similar to the pattern of a highly branched copolymer obtained by self…