화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.83, No.2, 283-290, 2002
A new analytical method to calculate intrinsic viscosity and viscosity constants of polymer-solvent systems
Experimental viscosities were measured by Schott Gerate viscometer at 30 degreesC for polystyrene-chloroform and polycaprolactum-benzene systems. These data were analyzed by a newly developed analytical method to calculate intrinsic viscosity and viscosity constants. The analytical method was compared with the graphical as well as the least squares methods and the new analytical method is better than the graphical method because it avoids personal errors that might arise in reading the intercept and slope values from the reduced viscosity versus concentration plots. Furthermore, the analytical method is as effective as the least squares method, but provides better insights while choosing the experimental viscosity values.