Abstract
The method of additive properties was used to calculate the dynamic mechanical relaxation time for a series of polyurethanes. Calculations were also made of density and glass transition temperature. Group contributions for nine component groups were determined. With these group values, the densities of the 12 polymers used to determine the groups were calculated and found to agree with measured values within an average of 0.2%. Calculated glass transition temperatures also agreed with measured values within 0.2%. The relaxation time, defined as a parameter in the Havriliak-Negami equation, was shown to be correlated with the glass transition temperature, allowing relaxation time to also be expressed as an additive property. Calculated logarithms of relaxation times agree with measured values to within 7% over a range of relaxation times covering many decades. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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