Aa. Mansour et B. Stoll, METHOD OF DETERMINATION OF DIELECTRIC-RELAXATION CHARACTERISTICS OF PLASTICIZED POLYSTYRENES ON THE BASIS OF CALORIMETRIC GLASS TEMPERATURE, Colloid and polymer science, 271(9), 1993, pp. 834-842
The dielectric loss measurements of different polystyrenes (fractions
and blends) with different molecular weights (M(n) 2000-125000 g/mol)
were carried out in the frequency range 10(-2)-10(6) Hz and the temper
ature range of the glass process (60-degrees-135-degrees-C, depending
on the molecular weight). The measurements of the pure fractions showe
d that the half-width of the glass relaxation process of the different
polystyrenes can be correlated by a straight line, if they are plotte
d versus the relaxation frequency maxima of the glass process, regardl
ess of the difference in both their molecular weight and glass transit
ion temperature. Moreover, the fine structure of the shape. of the gla
ss process of polystyrenes with different molecular weights was found
to be the same when the glass process appears at the same relaxation f
requency range. The addition of oligostyrenes or low molecular < 10% w
t additives to the high molecular weight polystyrene did not influence
the shape of the glass process. The calorimetric glass transition tem
perature of polystyrene was found to be only dependent on the number a
verage molecular weight as well as on the number of end groups, but no
t on the molecular weight distribution. The obtained experimental resu
lts were correlated to develop a method for the estimation of the diel
ectric relaxation characteristics (relaxation frequency as well as the
shape parameters) of the glass process of plasticized polystyrenes ba
sed on the calorimetric glass transition temperature. A method for the
analysis of the dielectric relaxation curves of mixtures of label and
polymer is suggested.