JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF PAKISTAN, cilt.40, sa.1, ss.52-63, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
In this study, the thermodynamic and physical properties of poly(acetyl benzofuran
methylmethacrylate) [poly(ABM)], poly(acetyl benzofuran methylmethacrylate41-coacrylonitrile)
[poly(ABM41-co-AN)] and poly(acetyl benzofuran methylmethacrylate71-coacrylonitrile)
[poly(ABM71-co-AN)] were researched by using inverse gas chromatography. Two
groups of alcohols and alkanes with different chemical natures and polarities were used to determine
certain properties of [poly(ABM), poly(ABM41-co-AN) and poly(ABM71-co-AN)]-solute
systems. The specific retention volume, Vg
0, glass transition temperature, Tg adsorption enthalpy,
ΔHa the sorption enthalpy, ΔH1
S sorption free energy, ΔG1
S sorption entropy, ΔS1
S the weight
fraction activity coefficients of solute probes at infinite dilution, Ω1
, partial molar enthalpy of solute
probes at infinite dilution, ΔH1
∞ and Flory-Huggins interaction parameters, χ12
∞ between polymer
and solvents were determined in the temperature range of 493-343 K for poly(ABM) and 473-343 K
for poly(ABM41-coAN)-poly(ABM71-coAN). Also, the solubility parameters of poly(ABM),
poly(ABM41-coAN) and poly(ABM71-coAN) at infinite dilution were found out by plotting the
graph of [1
2 – (ΔG1
∞/V1)] versus solubility parameters, 1, of the probes.