A comparative study of the thermotropic mesomorphic tendencies and rheological characteristics of three cellulose derivates: Ethylene and propylene oxide ethers and an acetate butyrate ester |
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Authors: | S Suto J L White J F Fellers |
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Institution: | (1) Polymer Engineering, University of Tennessee, 37916 Knoxville, TN, USA;(2) Department of Polymer Chemistry, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan |
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Abstract: | Samples of cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) and ethyl cellulose (EC) are contrasted with commercial (atactic) polystyrene (PS) and isotactic polypropylene (PP) in studies of (i) differential scanning calorimetry, (ii) quiescent polarized light microscopy (iii) optical retardation variation following an imposed stress field. It is concluced that HPC and EC are thermotropic liquid crystals, while CAB behaves in a manner similar to a vitrifying isotropic melt such as PS. Studies of the shear viscosity and dynamic viscosity indicate HPC and EC exhibit yield values while CAB shows a zero shear viscosity and Vinogradov-Malkin reduced viscosity curve identical to PS. The normal stress and extrudate swell behavior of CAB are also similar to PS. The HPC and EC exhibit substantially reduced extrudate swell. Measurement of the principal normal stress difference behavior of the HPC melt is troubled by the existence of yield values. |
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Keywords: | Thermotropic liquid crystal cellulose derivative shear viscosity principal normal stress difference dynamic viscosity storage modulus extrudate swell |
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