Phase behaviour of the ternary mixture system of poly(l-lactic acid), dichloromethane and carbon dioxide

Jungmin Gwon, Dong Woo Cho, Soo Hyeon Kim, Hun Yong Shin, Hwayong Kim

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Abstract

In this study, the high pressure phase behaviour of poly(l-lactic acid) (M = 312,000), dichloromethane and carbon dioxide ternary mixtures was studied using a variable volume view cell at temperatures ranging from 313.15 K to 363.15 K and pressures of up to 30.0 MPa as functions of temperature and the CO 2/dichloromethane mass ratio at poly(l-lactic acid) weight fractions of 1.0%, 2.5% and 3.0%. The experimental results were correlated with the hybrid equation of state for the CO 2-polymer system using the van der Waals one-fluid mixing rule with three adjustable binary interaction parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)37-41
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Chemical Thermodynamics
Volume55
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2012

Keywords

  • Biodegradable polymer
  • Poly(l-lactic acid)
  • Polymer-solvent-gas ternary systems
  • Supercritical carbon dioxide
  • The hybrid equation of state for CO2-polymer system

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