Abstract
The effects of the solvent type and operation conditions on the high‐temperature thermal gradient interaction chromatography (HT‐TGIC) of ethylene homopolymers, ethylene–1‐octene copolymers, and their blends are investigated. While the HT‐TGIC profiles of single polymers measured with 1,2,4‐trichlorobenzene (TCB) and chloronaphthalene (CN) are similar, they are always narrower when o‐dichlorobenzene (ODCB) is used, particularly for samples with lower 1‐octene fractions. Significant differences between the experimental and the calculated profiles of binary blends are observed with all three solvents, but better peak separation is seen when the ODCB is used. Having higher fractions of a 1‐octene‐poor component in the blend causes a more significant distortion of the shape expected for the peak from the component with the higher 1‐octene fraction. The effect of the molecular weight on HT‐TGIC profiles is also studied using samples with the same comonomer content and different molecular weights. Samples with low molecular weight have broader distributions and significant lower‐temperature tails, particularly when TCB is used. Chain crystallization after adsorption effects may also play a minor role for low‐comonomer samples. Finally, HT‐TGIC profiles are compared with their equivalent crystallization elution fractionation (CEF) profiles. The HT‐TGIC curves are broader than the equivalent CEF profiles, but these differences decrease as the comonomer content increases. image
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