Journal
THERMOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 391, Issue 1-2, Pages 197-217Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6031(02)00184-3
Keywords
enthalpy relaxation; polyvinyl acetate; peak-shift method; physical ageing
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The enthalpy relaxation of polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) annealed for times up to 2000 h or so at 30 degreesC, some 10 K below T-g for a cooling rate of 10 K min(-1), has been studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The data have been analysed by the peak-shift method, and a value for the nonlinearity parameter x = 0.44 +/- 0.02 has been obtained. From DSC scans at 10 K min(-1) following cooling at various rates through the transition region, the apparent activation energy and nonexponentiality parameter have been evaluated, respectively, as Deltah* = 805 U mol(-1) and 0.456 < β < 0.6. These relaxation parameter values are compared with others reported in the literature, and any discrepancies are discussed in terms of differences in experimental procedure and/or data analysis. Furthermore, the equilibrium enthalpic state is examined in some detail, and in particular it is argued that the equilibrium enthalpy loss at this annealing temperature of 30 degreesC is consistent with an extrapolation of the equilibrium enthalpy from above T-g, albeit with a slight curvature in the enthalpy-temperature equilibrium line. This is in contrast to results obtained by some other workers, where isothermal relaxation data are analysed using the Cowie-Ferguson equation and yield equilibrium enthalpy losses significantly less than those anticipated from an extrapolation. These discrepancies are discussed in terms of the nonlinearity of the relaxation process. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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