Article
  • Determination of Molecular Weight and Molecular Weight Distribution of Polypropylene Using Rheological Properties
  • Lee YS, Yoon KH
  • 유변학적 물성을 이용한 폴리프로필렌의 분자량과 분자량 분포를 결정하는 방법
  • 이영실, 윤관한
Abstract
The rheological measurement of polypropylene (PP) has been performed using a rheometer, an intrinsic viscometer, and an MI machine to predict the molecular weight and the molecular weight distribution. Also, GPC has been used for the determination of the molecular structure. The distribution broadness parameter using modified Carreau model has been used to make the correlation between the rheological parameter and the molecular structure instead of the rheological PI (polydispersity index) which is determined from the cross of modulus from the dynamic oscillatory measurement. Even though the rheological PI is useful to determine the molecular weight distribution of the PP using controlled rheology, which has narrow and uniform molecular weight distribution, but not suitable to determine the molecular weight distribution of the PP made from direct polymerization which has broad and various molecular weight distribution. However the distribution broadness parameter which determined from the index of the shear thinning of the PP melt well predicts the molecular weight distribution of PP.

폴리프로필렌의 분자량 및 분자량 분포를 예측하기 위해 레오메터, 고유점도측정기 및 MI(melt index) 기기등을 이용하여 유변 물성을 측정하였고, 분자구조해석에는 GPC가 사용되었다. 기존에 사용되어온 동적진동측정을 이용한 교차 모듈러스에서 결정된 유변학적 PI(다분산 지표)와 변형된 Carreau 모델을 이용하여 계산된 분포 폭 매개변수(distribution broadness parameter)를 분자량 분포와의 관계를 비교해보았다. 유변학적 PI의 경우 이론적 근거가 부족하고, 압출에 의해 재 생성된 폴리프로필렌 시료에 대해서는 분자량 분포와 잘 일치하지만 반응기에서 중합된 시료 즉, 분자량 분포가 넓거나 다른 경우 잘 일치하지 않는다는 보고가 지배적인데 비해 분포 폭 매개변수는 폴리프로필렌의 전단담화의 정도를 직접적으로 측정하는 것으로 분자량 분포를 잘 예측할 수 있음을 알았다.

Keywords: polypropylene; rheology; molecular weight; molecular weight distribution; polydispersity.

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  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2023 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2014; 38(6): 735-743

    Published online Nov 25, 2014

  • Received on Mar 25, 2014
  • Accepted on May 29, 2014