Abstract
Thermodynamic properties related to the miscibility of saturated hydrocarbon polymers were investigated by simulation methods. Cohesive energy density, ΠCED, widely used to estimate the mutual solubilities of ordinary liquids, cannot be measured for polymers, but values of ΠCED have been inferred from data on internal pressure, ΠIP. Both ΠCED and ΠIP were obtained in this work by molecular dynamics simulations with a united atom model. The effects of chain microstructure and chain length were examined. The simulation model was tested with data for various heptane isomers (the C7 series), for which ΠCED and ΠIP are known. It was then applied to oligomers of various polymer species (the C30 series) with known ΠIP. Simulation values of ΠCED and ΠIP were also extrapolated to their long-chain limits in selected cases. The values and trends with structure were generally consistent with the experimental data available for the C7 and polymeric liquids. The ratio a = ΠCED/ΠIP was found to decrease from near unity ...
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