Application of a new cell model for the equation of state to 20 polymer melts and a blend melt

ABSTRACT In a previous publication, we reported a new cell model for the equation of state of polymer melts. The equation contains external degrees of freedom explicitly as a function of

molecular weight of repeating unit. In this paper, we apply the theory to 20 polymer melts and a blend melt. The linear lengths of the coarse-grained particle (CGP) of several polymers

coincide with those obtained by scattering experiments. In addition, we estimated the characteristic quantity _T_* of the equation of state per repeating unit using van der Waals constants

and the critical temperature of the repeating unit or monomer. The values, _T_*, agreed with those from our result per repeating unit. This result suggests the quantitative validity of our

theory. We strongly suggest that our theory must be related to the conformer model by Matsuoka and the helical wormlike chain model by Yamakawa, because _T_* must be dependent on the

chemical structure and stiffness of the polymers. SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS HIGHER-ORDER STRUCTURE OF POLYMER MELT DESCRIBED BY PERSISTENT HOMOLOGY Article Open access 26

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Melt * Equation of State * Coarse-grained Particle (CGP) * Characteristic Quantity _T_* of the Equation of State * New Cell Model * Degrees of Freedom