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Phase Behavior In Copolymer Blends Of Poly(P-Chlorostyrene-Co-O-Chlorostyrene) And Phenylsulfonylated Poly(2,6-Dimethyl-1,4-Phenylene Oxide), William Macknight, R. Vukovic, G. Bogdanic, Vjera Kuresevic, M. Tomaskovic, F. E. Karasz
Phase Behavior In Copolymer Blends Of Poly(P-Chlorostyrene-Co-O-Chlorostyrene) And Phenylsulfonylated Poly(2,6-Dimethyl-1,4-Phenylene Oxide), William Macknight, R. Vukovic, G. Bogdanic, Vjera Kuresevic, M. Tomaskovic, F. E. Karasz
William MacKnight
The miscibility of random copolymers of o-chlorostyrene and p -chlorostyrene [ P (oC1Stco-
pC1St)] with partially phenylsulfonylated poly (2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylenoex ide)
( SPPO) copolymers has been studied, using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to
establish Tg behavior. It already has been established that the isomeric effect of the chlorine
substitution on miscibility is large. Thus the para-chloro-substituted styrenic homopolymer
is miscible with all SPPOs containing more than - 5 mol % phenylsulfonylation, whereas
the ortho-chloro-substituted homopolymer is immiscible with the entire range of SPPO
copolymer compositions (and also with the respective homopolymers) . As a result of this
asymmetric behavior of the …