Properties
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Range/Description
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Ref.
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Molecular weight (Mn/g mol-1)
|
3000-80 000 |
12
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Density (r/g cm3)
|
1.071-1.200 |
13,14
|
Tensile strength (σ/MPa) |
4-785 |
15,16
|
Young modulus (E/GPa) |
0.21-0.44 |
15,16
|
Elongation at break (e/%) |
20-1000 |
15,16
|
Crystallinity (%) |
69% |
13
|
Functional groups and FTIR absorption wavenumbers |
Asymmetric -CH2 (2943 cm-1), symmetric -CH2 (2866 cm-1), Carbonyl (1722 cm-1), C-O, and C-C (1293 cm-1), asymmetric C-O-C (1239 cm-1)
|
17
|
Glass transition temperature (Tg/ºC)
|
(-65)-(-60) |
15,16
|
Tensile stress at break or max (MPa) |
14 |
16
|
Water permeability at 25ºC (g/m2/day)
|
177 |
16
|
Surface tension (g) in mN/m |
35.5 |
18
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Melting temperature (Tm/ºC)
|
56-65 |
16
|
Decomposition temperature (/ºC)
|
350 |
15,16
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Inherent viscosity (Zinh/cm3 g-1)
|
100-130 |
15,16
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Intrinsic viscosity (Z/cm3 g-1)
|
0.9 |
13
|
Solubility |
Highly soluble: Chloroform, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, toluene, cyclohexanone, 2-nitropropane; cyclohexanone, pyridine, dichlorobenzene, teraline, toluene, styrene, cyclobenzene |
9,16,19
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Partially soluble: acetone, 2-butanone, ethyl acetate, dimethylformamide and acetonitrile, o-dichloroethane, tetrahydrofuran, acetophenone |
Insoluble: water, alcohol, petroleum ether, diethyl ether, acetonitrile, nitromethane, dimethyl sulfoxide, di(ethylene glycol), di(propylene glycol), tetrachloroethylene, glycerol, methanol, ethanediol, ethanol, propylene glycol, 2-ethyl hexanol, cyclohexanol, diethyl carbonate, cyclohexane, carbon disulfide
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