1st Edition

CRC Handbook of Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Data of Polymer Solutions at Elevated Pressures

By Christian Wohlfarth Copyright 2015
    596 Pages
    by CRC Press

    595 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Thermodynamic data of polymer solutions are paramount for industrial and laboratory processes. These data also serve to understand the physical behavior of polymer solutions, study intermolecular interactions, and gain insights into the molecular nature of mixtures.





    Nearly a decade has passed since the release of a similar CRC Handbook and since then a large amount of new experimental data have been published, which is now compiled in this book.





    The CRC Handbook of Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Data of Polymer Solutions at Elevated Pressures features nearly 500 newly published references containing approximately 175 new vapor-liquid equilibrium data sets, 25 new liquid-liquid equilibrium data sets, 540 new high-pressure fluid phase equilibrium data sets, 60 new data sets describing PVT properties of polymers, and 20 new data sets with densities or excess volumes.





    The book is a valuable resource for researchers, specialists, and engineers working in the fields of polymer science, physical chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, biological science and technology, and those developing computerized predictive packages.

    Introduction
    Objectives of the Handbook
    Experimental Methods Involved
    Guide to the Data Tables
    List of Symbols
    References

    Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) Data and Gas Solubilities at Elevated Pressures
    Binary Polymer Solutions
    Table of Binary Systems Where Data Were Published Only in Graphical Form as Phase Diagrams or Related Figures
    Ternary and Quaternary Polymer Solutions
    Table of Ternary or Quaternary Systems Where Data Were Published Only in Graphical Form as Phase Diagrams or Related Figures
    References

    Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium (LLE) Data of Polymer Solutions at Elevated Pressures
    Cloud-Point and/or Coexistence Curves of Quasibinary Solutions
    Table of Binary Systems Where Data Were Published Only in Graphical Form as Phase Diagrams or Related Figures
    Cloud-Point and/or Coexistence Curves of Quasiternary Solutions and/or Quasiquaternary Solutions
    Table of Ternary or Quaternary Systems Where Data Were Published Only in Graphical Form as Phase Diagrams or Related Figures
    References

    High-Pressure Fluid Phase Equilibrium (HPPE) Data of Polymer Solutions
    Cloud-Point and/or Coexistence Curves of Quasibinary Solutions
    Table of Binary Systems Where Data Were Published Only in Graphical Form as Phase Diagrams or Related Figures
    Cloud-Point and/or Coexistence Curves of Quasiternary Solutions and/or Quasiquaternary Solutions
    Table of Ternary or Quaternary Systems Where Data Were Published Only in Graphical Form as Phase Diagrams or Related Figures
    References

    PVT Data of Polymers and Solutions
    PVT Data of Polymers
    PVT Data of Polymer Solutions
    Binary Polymer Solutions
    Ternary Polymer Solutions
    References

    Appendices
    Appendix 1 List of Polymers in Alphabetical Order
    Appendix 2 List of Systems and Properties in Order of the Polymers
    Appendix 3 List of Solvents in Alphabetical Order
    Appendix 4 List of Solvents in Order of their Molecular Formulas

    Biography

    Christian Wohlfarth is an associate professor of physical chemistry at Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. He wrote his PhD thesis on investigations of the second dielectric virial coefficient and the intermolecular pair potential at Carl Schorlemmer Technical University in Merseburg. Dr. Wohlfarth’s main research focuses on polymer systems. Currently, his areas of research interest include molecular thermodynamics, continuous thermodynamics, phase equilibria in polymer mixtures and solutions, polymers in supercritical fluids, PVT behavior and equations of state, and sorption properties of polymers. He has published approximately 100 original papers as well as various books.