Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13081317
Keywords
polystyrene; activation energy; diffusion coefficients; functional barrier; diffusion modelling
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- Fraunhofer IVV
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This study experimentally determined diffusion coefficients in GPPS and HIPS, analyzed the relationship between diffusion activation energy and pre-exponential factor, and established prediction parameters for diffusion coefficients.
General Purpose Polystyrene (GPPS) and High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) is used in packaging food as well as for technical products. Knowledge of the diffusion behavior of organic molecules in polystyrene (PS) is important for the evaluation of the diffusion and migration process. Within this study, diffusion coefficients were determined in GPPS and HIPS below and above the glass transition temperature. Diffusion coefficients were determined from desorption kinetics into the gas phase using spiked GPPS and HIPS sheets as well as from permeation kinetics through a thin GPPS film. Overall, 187 diffusion coefficients were determined in GPPS and HIPS at temperatures between 0 degrees C and 115 degrees C. From the temperature dependency of the diffusion coefficients 45 activation energies of diffusion E-A and the pre-exponential factor D-0 were determined. As expected, the activation energies of diffusion E-A show a strong dependency from the molecular volume of the investigated substances. At the glass transition temperature, only a slight change of the diffusion behavior were observed. Based on E-A and D-0, prediction parameters for diffusion coefficients were established.
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