화학공학소재연구정보센터
Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol.117, No.1-2, 84-91, 1996
Phase-Equilibria of Saturated and Unsaturated Polyisoprene in Subcritical and Supercritical Ethane, Ethylene, Propane, Propylene, and Dimethyl Ether
Cloud-point pressures were measured for binary sub- and supercritical fluid solutions of saturated or unsaturated polyisoprene (UPEP) in ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, and dimethyl ether up to 150 degrees C and 1,400 bar. The polyisoprene was hydrogenated to obtain two samples of different degrees of saturation (56% and 73%). These polymers and solvents were chosen to evaluate pi-pi interactions between polymer/polymer or polymer/solvent molecules. pi-pi interactions between polymer and solvent are found to shift the cloud-point pressures in an analogous way to those found for cross-associating polymers. Preliminary correlations using the statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT) are also included.