Water stability of syndiotactic poly(vinyl alcohol)/iodine complex film

Won Seok Lyoo, Jeong Hyun Yeum, Jin Hyun Choi, Han Chul Song, Byung Chul Ji, Jae Pil Kim, Tae Hwan Noh, Woong Jae Yoon, Tae Sik Cheong

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Abstract

The desorption behavior of iodine in syndiotactic poly(vinyl alcohol) (s-PVA) with a syndiotactic diad content of 63.1% iodine film in water was investigated in relation to the solubility of s-PVA in water. Despite a low number-average degree of polymerization of 900, the degree of solubility of s-PVA film in water at 80°C was limited to about 10%, whereas atactic poly(vinyl alcohol) (a-PVA) film was completely soluble at a lower temperature, 50°C. The degree of iodine desorption of s-PVA/iodine film at a high temperature decreased remarkably compared with that of a-PVA/iodine film. The fastness of iodine of the drawn s-PVA/iodine film was far superior to that of the undrawn film. Over a draw ratio of 5, the iodine desorption was suppressed significantly with increasing drawing temperature rather than the draw ratio. In addition, the iodine desorption of postdrawn s-PVA/iodine film was lower than that of predrawn s-PVA/iodine film.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)108-113
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Applied Polymer Science
Volume82
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Jul 2001

Keywords

  • Desorption
  • Drawing
  • Iodine
  • Solubility
  • Syndiotactic poly(vinyl alcohol) (s-PVA)

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