Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 1986, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (2): 5-10.

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A NOVEL METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF NUMBER-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT FROM THE INTRINSIC VISCOSITY AND GPC CHROMATOGRAM OF POLYMER SAMPLE

Zhang Zhaomu   

  1. Changchun Institute of Applica Chemistry, Academia Sinica
  • Received:1985-01-29 Revised:1985-04-27 Published:1986-04-10 Online:1986-04-10

Abstract: In this paper a novel method is proposed for estimating number-average molecular weight from the intrinsic viscosity and GPC chromatogram of a sample for which the constants in Mark-Houwink equation is not known.The method was tested on seven sam-ples which have very different value of molecular weight and molecular weight distribu-tion.Results calculated by the method are in good agreement with those obtained using conventional method which requires constants of Mark-Houwik equation. The method is just approximate but fairly simple for number-average molecular weight determination.