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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 120, Issue 6, Pages 3381-3386Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.33118
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differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); films; glass transition; hydrophilic polymers; mechanical properties
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In this study, the effect of sorbed water on the tensile mechanical properties of noncrosslinked, thermally treated poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) films was studied. The Young's modulus, elongation at break, and tensile strength of the PVA films equilibrated at different relative humidities (0-86%) are reported, together with the depression of the glass transition of the polymer at each equilibrating humidity, as determined by temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry. The results indicate that drastic changes in the tensile properties were correlated with the transition of the hydrated polymer from the glassy to the rubbery state. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 120: 3381-3386, 2011
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