Cloud-point curves by DSC measurements at different
scanning rates on solutions of two
samples of poly(vinyl methyl ether) in water show two minima in a
temperature−composition plot. The
significance of the data was confirmed by static measurements of the
coexisting-phase compositions and
phase-volume ratios. A thermodynamic analysis in terms of a
strongly concentration-dependent
interaction parameter leads to the conclusion that the system
H2O/PVME exhibits so-called type III
behavior. For polymers of infinite molar mass, such behavior is
characterized by the occurrence of two
off-zero critical concentrations, in addition to the usual zero
critical concentration marking the ϑ state.
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