Abstract
By studying a series of soybean oil-based polymers, using low-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, an easy method to estimate molecular weight (MW) was developed. The relationship between a polymer's MW and the instrument's response can be correlated in a linear relationship. Correlation constants ( R 2 ) of 0.988, when data were taken at −10°C, and 0.999, when the study was done at 0 °C, were observed. Overall, this method is simple and with instrument modification, could be applied to other types of polymers as well.
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