Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.86, No.1, 90-97, 2002
Diffusion Behavior of hexane in diamine chain-extended hydroxyterminated polybutadiene based polyurethanes
A new method of edge correction has been formulated to calculate the near true diffusion coefficient of hexane in thin polyurethane and polyurethaneurea sheets. The method involves the calculation of time-average thickness during the diffusion of hexane in hydroxyterminated polybutadiene-based polyurethane and polyurethaneurea sheets. The precision of the method has been tested by the iteration of data. The diffusion coefficient increases with the increase of diamine chain extender in polyurethaneureas. The variation of activation parameters and enthalpy of diffusion of hexane with diamine chain extender in polyurethaneurea also have been studied.