Abstract
AbstractIsothermal enthalpy relaxation in polystyrene was measured as a function of temperature and molecular weight on a differential scanning calorimeter. Relaxation spectra were derived from the data and expressed as a distribution of relaxation times. For a given molecular weight the relaxation spectra at different temperatures could not be superimposed by a shift in time. The relaxation curves of samples of different molecular weights could be superimposed only when the difference between the temperature at which the relaxation was monitored (Ta) and their respective Tg was the same. The relaxation spectrum at any temperature for a given molecular weight was also expressed as a distribution of energies. The average energy represented by this distribution was associated with an activation energy required for the motion of a chemical repeat unit. The activation energy extracted from the temperature shift in the relaxation spectra corresponded to the motion of a statistical unit (Kuhn's segment) in polystyrene.
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