SynopsisWhen plasticized PVC and liquids are contacted with each other, as in liquid and packaging, some matter transfer may occur. The phenomenon is complicated, and no analytic solution can be found. A simultaneous transfer of the liquid into and plasticizer out from the PVC mass takes place with concentrationdependent diffusivities. Very often, liquid concentrationtime curves have a maximum, when the rate of transfer is higher for the liquid than for the plasticizer at the beginning of the contact. Another application of short tests has been obtained with success in this hard case. A new model using short test data has been developed. It takes into account not only the diffusion of both liquids through the PVC, but also matter transfers through the liquid-PVC interface with a coefficient of matter transfer, as well as the data corresponding to the equilibrium. Some information of interest is given by way of the materials transferred through PVC faces, and the profile of concentration through the PVC for the liquid and plasticizer.
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