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RHEOLOGICA ACTA
Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages 467-478Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0348-x
Keywords
Effect of pressure; Free volume; Rheological properties; Polystyrene; Simha-Somcynsky (S-S) equation
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The effect of pressure on viscosity is an important but often overlooked aspect of the flow properties of polymeric materials. In this work, two polymers (an atactic and a syndiotactic Polystyrene) were characterized to determine the effect of pressure on viscosity. In particular, a device was adopted to increase the exit pressure of a standard capillary rheometer, thus obtaining data of viscosity under high pressure and high shear rates. The Simha-Somcynsky equation of state was applied to the pressure-volume-temperature experimental data of both materials to obtain the dependence of free volume on temperature and pressure. The Doolittle equation was eventually employed to verify the dependence of viscosity on free volume. It was found that, for both materials, a linear relationship holds between the logarithm of zero-shear-rate viscosity (at several temperatures and pressures) and the inverse of free volume.
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