화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.57, No.11, 1285-1290, 1995
Molecular-Weight Distribution of a Segmented Copolymer of Pet-PCl
A recently developed method of combining both the results of static and dynamic laser light scattering (LLS) was applied to characterize the segmented copolymer of poly(ethylene terephthalate-co-caprolactone) (PET-PCL) with 48% PET content. Unlike the traditional three-solvent method proposed by Bushuk and Benoit for copolymers, this method requires only two solvents. For each solvent, the apparent weight average molecular weight (M(w,app)) was measured by static LLS. Then M(w,app) was used as a constraint to convert the linewidth distribution from dynamic LLS into the apparent molecular weight distribution. Finally, the two apparent molecular weight distributions were combined to give both the true molecular weight distribution and the estimated chain composition distribution of the copolymer. We found that the PET-PCL sample with 48% PET is nearly uniform in the chain composition.