LU Xin-ya, JIANG Bing-zheng. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GLASS TRANSITION TEMPARETURE (Tg) AND MOLECULAR PARAMETERS OF POLYMERS II. Effect of molecular weight on Tg[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 1990,(5):532-537.
LU Xin-ya, JIANG Bing-zheng. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GLASS TRANSITION TEMPARETURE (Tg) AND MOLECULAR PARAMETERS OF POLYMERS II. Effect of molecular weight on Tg[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 1990,(5):532-537.DOI:
The theoretical dependency of the glass transition temperature (Tg) on the degree of polymerization DP is deduced from the theory of the glass transition proposed in the previous paper:The theory agrees well with the experimental data taken from the literature for polystyrene
poly (vinyl chloride)
poly (a-methyl styrene)
poly (dimethyl siloxane) and poly (methyl methacrylate) with various tacticities. The theory leads directly to the relationship between the parameter Kg of the equation (Tg= Tg - Kg/Mn) and the molecular parameters. The agreement between the theoretical predictions and experimental measurments of Kg has been found to be satisfacory for a number of polymers.