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    Calorimetric behavior of methacrylic polymers

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    1966
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    Hubbell, Douglas O.
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    The purpose of this work was to determine the enthalpies and specific heats of polymethyl methacrylate, polydimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, polycyclohexyl methacrylate, polyallyl methacrylate, and polyethyl acrylate from 120 to 300°C, and to determine a method for estimating their specific heats. Enthalpies of the selected polymers were determined by using a drop calorimeter constructed by the Chemical Engineering Department of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Specific heats were obtained by measuring the slopes of the enthalpy-temperature curves. Good agreement with existing data for polymethyl methacrylate was obtained. An existing semi-theoretical quantum mechanical method was modified to provide specific heat estimations for linear methacrylic polymers accurate within six percent. An empirical correlation yielding estimations within twenty percent was proposed.
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