The determination of the molar mass of a polymer is a fundamental characterization. One of
the most common techniques used for this purpose is gel permeation chromatography …

Solution viscosity – molar mass relationships for poly(butylene succinate) and discussion on
molar mass analysis Page 1 1. Introduction Poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) is one of the ‘old’ …

A novel approach for the determination of the viscosity‐average molecular weight of
polymers for which Mark–Houwink constants are not known is presented. This method can …

Polymers can display a variety of structures, including linear, cyclic, and branched chains,
copolymers in which different repeat units are aligned along the chain in different manners …

Abstract Poly (butylene succinate)(PBS) prepolymers were prepared by the condensation
polymerization of 1, 4-butanediol (1, 4-BD) and succinic acid (SCA) in the presence of …

The synthesis of poly (butylene succinate)(PBS) of Mw ranging from 4000 to 180,000 g mol−
1 is realized with molar ratios [COOH] 0/[OH] 0 of 1 and 0.98, and varying amounts of …

A new method has been developed to quantitatively determine the number average
molecular weight (Mn) of a polymer sample by GPC using an online differential viscometer …

Molar mass correction coefficients (cc) were determined for calculating the absolute molar
masses of polylactide (PLA), polycaprolactone (PCL), and poly (2, 2‐dimethyltrimethylene …

Data are presented which show that when a polymer contains an appreciable amount of low
molecular weight species below the diffusion limit of the osmometer membrane, the osmotic …

The ability to determine the molar mass of a polymer is of fundamental importance to
describe polymer molecular characteristics. Conventional methods for measuring molar …