1 Characterizing Molecular Weight Brazel & Rosen Ch. 5 Number average molecular weight: M n
1H NMR 2 science/polymer-analysis.printerview.html
Weight average molecular weight: M w DP PDI Perfectly “monodispersed” Monodispersed Polydispersed 3 Living polymerization Free radical polymerization Condensation polymerization Coordination polymerization
M n and M w of mixtures 4
A polymer mixture is blended with three lots of polyethylene, A, B, C. How much of each lot is needed to make up a load of 50,000 kg with a M w =250,000 and PDI=3.65? LotMwMw PDIMnMn A500, B250, C125, Sample problem
Methods of MW determination Absolute (M n vs. M w ) – Relative – 6