RANDOM-PHASE-APPROXIMATION FOR COMPRESSIBLE POLYMER BLENDS

Authors
HAMMOUDA B
Citation
B. Hammouda, RANDOM-PHASE-APPROXIMATION FOR COMPRESSIBLE POLYMER BLENDS, Journal of non-crystalline solids, 172, 1994, pp. 927-931
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science, Ceramics
Journal title
Journal of non-crystalline solids → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223093
Volume
172
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
927 - 931
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3093(1994)172:<927:RFCPB>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The random phase approximation is summarized for compressible polymer blend mixtures in the homogeneous phase region. Similarities with the polymer reference site interaction model are described. The effect of compressibility is also discussed in terms of 'free volume' by introdu cing an extra component to represent 'small voids'. Variation oft he e ffective Flory-Huggins interaction parameter with composition is found to agree with results obtained using the lattice cluster theory.