OPTICAL INTERFERENCE METHOD FOR THE STUDY OF MOISTURE SWELLING IN PET FILMS

A method for measuring moisture swelling of amorphous PET films by using Rayleigh interferometer is reported, Plots of the optical path of light transmission in the polymer vs. soaking time were obtained, and from the same curves, the dependence of time on the moisture swelling, saturated water absorption and diffusion coefficient of PET films were estimated. These results are in agreement with those obtained by weighing method. It is shown that optical interference method is a simple but sensitive method for the study of water absorption and swelling in transparent polymer films.     

用光干涉法研究聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯非晶态薄膜的吸水性

<正> 高分子材料的吸水性已有很多研究,这是因为在它们的制造加工过程中,以及在用作防护涂层、薄膜和纤维时,尤其对强吸水性材料,吸水率是表征其性能的重要参数之一,具有很大的实际重要性。吸水率通常是用重量法、容量法和浮力法等基于吸水前后的重量变化的直接方法和通过红外吸收光谱、介电性质、NMR和DSC等间接方法测定的,最近有人提出了一种弯曲-悬臂法研究高分子材料的吸湿溶胀特性的新方法。