
tacticities of select polymers on their theta temperatures and
the unperturbed dimensions has also been reviewed [15,16].
The differences in the u temperatures of protiated and deu-
terated systems have been studied [16a,b].
This chapter presents a collection of theta temperatures
reported for various polymers, in Tables 15.1–15.11. In
cases where a number of authors have studied the same
polymer, the results are given in chronological order. This,
in a sense, serves to follow the progress in this area. The
solvents and the corresponding theta temperatures are
grouped together from the results of a particular author(s)
so that these would correspond to samples with the same
characteristics in terms of M
w
and its distribution.
In these tables, the polymer name is given in the first
column. The tacticities of the polymer studied, if reported by
the authors, are given either in terms of the diad fraction
(f
m
or f
r
), or triad fractions (f
mm
, f
mrþrm
, and f
rr
). Here the
subscripts m and r refer to meso and racemic diads, respect-
ively (see Chapter 1 on Chain Structures for these defin-
itions). In Table 15.11, which is devoted to copolymers, the
TABLE 15.1. Poly(alkanes).
Polymer M
w
10
4
Dispersity
(M
w
=M
n
) Solvent
Theta
temper-
ature
8C
K
u
:10
4
[dl:g
1
(g mol
wt)
1=2
] Refs.
Poly(acenaphthalene) 3.3–170 1.2–1.5 ethylene dichloride 30.0 3.35 [20]
7.3–231 35.0 4.56 [21]
Polybutene-1, isotactic 10.5–93.5 1–1.2 anisole 89.1 [22]
12.8–94 cyclohexane/n-propanol (69/31) 35.0 24.7 [23]
39–259 anisole 89.0 11.1 [24]
phenylether 148.0 10.3
phenetole 64.5 11.3
Polybutene-1, atactic 4.4–130 anisole 86.2 [22]
11.8–290 anisole 83.0 10.8 [24,25]
i-amylacetate 23.0 11.3
phenylether 141.0 10.4
phenetole 61.0 10.5
toluene 46.0 13.3
Polyethylene 34–149 bis (2-ethylhexyl)adipate 145 (low
density)
[26]
170 (high
density)
8.2–16.5 11.3 biphenyl 125.0 - [27]
diphenylene oxide 118.0 -
and and dodecanol-1 138.0 31.6
2-ethylhexyl sebacate 150.0 -
31.7 1.6 2-ethylhexyl adipate 170.0 -
2.19–103.5 biphenyl 127.5 32.3 [28,29]
decanol 153.3 30.2
diphenyl ether 161.4 29.5
diphenyl methane 142.2 31.5
dodecanol-1 137.3 30.7
octanol-1 180.1 28.6
4.5–39.3 1.65–3.34 biphenyl 125.0 (high
density)
39.8 [30]
M
h
¼ 1:4---44:2 p-tert amyl phenol 199.2 [31,32]
anisole 153.5
benzyl phenyl ether 191.5
biphenyl 127.5 33.0
n-decanol 153.3
diphenyl ether 163.9 30.9
diphenyl methane 142.2 32.2
n-lauryl alcohol 137.3
p-nonyl phenol 162.4
n-octanol 180.1
8.98–90.9 1.3 dioctyl adipate 145 23.7 [33]
4.1–15.1 p-xylene/n-hexanol (30:70) 155,160 [34,35]
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