Estimation of the Unperturbed Chain Dimensions of Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Polymer by Various Methods

Abstract

<em>Flory Fox, Kurata-Stockmayer, Berry, Inagaki-Suzuki-Kurata, Stockmayer-Fixman and Ahmad-Baloch methods based on the excluded volume theory have been applied to poly(vinyl chloride)-cyclohexanone system to obtain K</em><em>_q</em><em> and the radius of gyration. A discussion on the reliability of these methods is given. The Stockmayer-Fixman and Ahmad-Baloch methods are found to be equally applicable.</em>