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    Ref. Book Written by Poly. Sci. VR Gowarikar

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    The document discusses the process of polymer dissolution at a molecular level in 3 paragraphs: 1) Polymer dissolution is a slow process as the solvent must penetrate and swell the polymer coil due to intermolecular interactions between segments. Dissolving polymers in smaller pieces increases the surface area and rate of dissolution. 2) Key factors that impact polymer dissolution include molecular weight, chemical nature, polarity, solubility parameters of the polymer and solvent. Segment-segment and solute-solvent interactions also influence the process. 3) Polymer dissolution, like low molecular weight compounds, depends on changes in entropy and enthalpy. The process is spontaneous if it results in a decrease

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    The document discusses the process of polymer dissolution at a molecular level in 3 paragraphs: 1) Polymer dissolution is a slow process as the solvent must penetrate and swell the polymer coil due to intermolecular interactions between segments. Dissolving polymers in smaller pieces increases the surface area and rate of dissolution. 2) Key factors that impact polymer dissolution include molecular weight, chemical nature, polarity, solubility parameters of the polymer and solvent. Segment-segment and solute-solvent interactions also influence the process. 3) Polymer dissolution, like low molecular weight compounds, depends on changes in entropy and enthalpy. The process is spontaneous if it results in a decrease

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    The document discusses the process of polymer dissolution at a molecular level in 3 paragraphs: 1) Polymer dissolution is a slow process as the solvent must penetrate and swell the polymer coil due to intermolecular interactions between segments. Dissolving polymers in smaller pieces increases the surface area and rate of dissolution. 2) Key factors that impact polymer dissolution include molecular weight, chemical nature, polarity, solubility parameters of the polymer and solvent. Segment-segment and solute-solvent interactions also influence the process. 3) Polymer dissolution, like low molecular weight compounds, depends on changes in entropy and enthalpy. The process is spontaneous if it results in a decrease

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    The document discusses the process of polymer dissolution at a molecular level in 3 paragraphs: 1) Polymer dissolution is a slow process as the solvent must penetrate and swell the polymer coil due to intermolecular interactions between segments. Dissolving polymers in smaller pieces increases the surface area and rate of dissolution. 2) Key factors that impact polymer dissolution include molecular weight, chemical nature, polarity, solubility parameters of the polymer and solvent. Segment-segment and solute-solvent interactions also influence the process. 3) Polymer dissolution, like low molecular weight compounds, depends on changes in entropy and enthalpy. The process is spontaneous if it results in a decrease

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    The Process of polymer dissolution

    Low Mw can readily undergo dissolution but polymers?


    Low Mw takes little time if agitated
    What happened for polymers- solvent penetrates into
    polymer coil and swelled which
    Results to increase in size
    How about solute-solute interaction to the solute –
    solvent interactions?
    Polymer takes time actually to dissolve because of its
    coil (coil has different interactions!)
    Contd
    How about chemical nature, polarity, solubility parameter, of
    course have impact
    How about segment-segment interactions due to solute-solvent
    interactions?
    Firstly slow penetrations of the solvent and then to swell that
    coil. To dissolve polymer, we can add polymer into as many as
    small pieces into solvent.
    So here is welling phenomenon.
    Do you know what is free and bound solvent? Draw scheme.
    Hydrodynamic volume?

    v v
    vv v vv
    v v
    v v
    vv
    v
    v
    v
    v
    v
    v
    vv Free or bound?
    vv
    v vv
    v

    Thermodynamics of Polymer dissolution

    For low Mw and polymer: they are essential same way.


    Dissolution of solute in a solvent involves a change of state and
    hence is dependent on the
    Changes in the entropy and the enthalpy of the system.

    Any system can spontaneously shift from a state A to B, there may


    be loss of enthalpy (- ) or gain of entropy (+)
    Thermodynamics of Polymer dissolution Contd
    Exo/Endothermic reaction?

    Therefore, when the process will take placed?


    It is loss of enthalpy and gain in entropy
    But not opposite direction.

    But if both increase or increase??? What happened?


    Then follow, ΔF = Δ H - T Δ S
    ΔF = free energy

    If ΔF negative, process going; if negative Δ H then ΔF negative, so


    going
    If positive Δ H, but less than T Δ S process going but positive Δ H
    equal or greater than T Δ S then not going.

    What does mean process going? What happened when negative delta H?
    Segment + solvent = strong forces
    Scheme of aggregated and solvated segments? Home work.

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