New Approach to Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions

Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions

Most of the synthetic compounds are prepared and processed in the liquid state, i.e. in solution or in the molten state. Detailed knowledge on this state is therefore indispensable. In particular it is essential to know the limits of complete miscibility with a low molecular weight solvent as a function of temperature, pressure and composition. Furthermore it is often mandatory to be acquainted...

Teaching thermodynamics to engineering students: new approach for interpolation of steam tables

Thermodynamics and dynamics of flowing polymer solutions and blends

We review the basic ideas and main results of our analysis of shear-induced effects in polymer solutions and blends. The analysis combines thermodynamic and hydrodynamic descriptions. The flow contribution to the free energy of the solution is described in the framework of extended irreversible thermodynamics, which relates the viscoelastic constitutive equations to a non-equilibrium entropy th...

Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of dilute polymer solutions in flow.

Modern materials processing applications and technologies often occur far from equilibrium. To this end, the processing of complex materials such as polymer melts and nanocomposites generally occurs under strong deformations and flows, conditions under which equilibrium thermodynamics does not apply. As a result, the ability to determine the nonequilibrium thermodynamic properties of polymeric ...

Legendre transform in the thermodynamics of flowing polymer solutions.

We propose a Legendre transform linking two different choices of nonequilibrium variables (viscous pressure tensor and configuration tensor) in the thermodynamics of flowing polymer solutions. This may avoid some current confusions in the analysis of thermodynamic effects in polymer solutions under flow.