Original scientific paper

Suitable solvent of a new copolymer as a pre-investigation of its static laser scattering

R. Ghazy ; Laser Laboratory, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

Abstract

An interferometric method, Mach-Zehnder interferometer, is applied to determine both refractive index and refractive index increments (dn/dc) for a new copolymer material poly-(4-vinylphenol-co-2-hydroxethyl methacrylate), PVPh-HEM, in different solvents like methanol and dimethylformamide. The PVPh-HEM is solved in each solvent with different concentrations ranging from 0.004 to 0.010 g/ml. The light source we have used is the argon-ion laser with the wavelength of 488 nm. This work is carried out as a step for the determination of the average molecular weight of PVPh-HEM and its other related scattering parameters.

Keywords

poly-(4-vinylphenol-co-2-hydroxethyl methacrylate); refractive index; average molecular weight

Hrčak ID:

302541

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/302541

Publication date:

1.7.2008.

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