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. 2019 Dec 12;5(12):e02833. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02833

Table 2.

Solubility score of polymers in select organic solvents and HSPs of used organic solvents. (A score of 1 indicates a good solvent and a score of 0 indicates a poor solvent; –: not measured.)

Solvent δd [(MPa)1/2] δp [(MPa)1/2] δh [(MPa)1/2] Score
S-A S–B CEMEDINE-C
1,4-Dioxane 17.5 1.8 9.0 0 0 0
1-Butanol 16.0 5.7 15.8 0 0 0
Acetone 15.5 10.4 7.0 0 0 1
Acetonitrile 15.3 18.0 6.1 0 0 1
Carbon Disulfide 20.2 0.0 0.6 0 1 -
Chloroform 17.8 3.1 5.7 1 1 0
Dimethyl Sulfoxide 18.4 16.4 10.2 0 0 -
Ethyl Acetate 15.8 5.3 7.2 0 0 1
Methyl Ethyl Ketone 16.0 9.0 5.1 1 0 1
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone 15.3 6.1 4.1 0 0 1
Nitrobenzene 20.0 10.6 3.1 0 0 0
N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone 18.0 12.3 7.2 0 0 1
Octane 15.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 -
Pyridine 19.0 8.8 5.9 0 1 1
Quinoline 20.5 5.6 5.7 0 0 -
Tetrahydrofuran 16.8 5.7 8.0 1 1 1
γ-Butyrolactone 18.0 16.6 7.4 0 0 1
Dimethyl Formamide 17.4 13.7 11.3 - - 1
N-Methyl Formamide 17.4 18.8 15.9 - - 1
Cyclohexane 16.8 0.0 0.2 - - 0
Toluene 18.0 1.4 2.0 - - 0
Ethanol 15.8 8.8 19.4 - - 0
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether 16.0 5.1 12.3 - - 0
1,1,2,2-Tetrabromoethane 21.0 7.0 8.2 - - 0
Allyl Alcohol 16.2 10.8 16.8 - - 0
Formamide 17.2 26.2 19.0 - - 0
Ethanolamine 17.0 15.5 21.0 - - 0