ABSTRACT:The morphology and size of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) particles produced by precipitation polymerization in supercritical CO 2 (scCO 2 ) depends on the glass transition temperature (T g ) of the polymer at reaction conditions. In this study, the use of the SanchezLacombe equation of state (SL-EOS), in conjunction with Chow's equation, to predict the effect of CO 2 pressure on the T g of PAA was evaluated. Characteristic parameters for PAA were determined by fitting density data. Characteristic parameters for CO 2 were determined by fitting density data in the supercritical region. When the SL-EOS was used in a purely predictive mode, with a binary interaction parameter (w) of 1, the solubility of CO 2 in PAA was underestimated and T g was overestimated, although the trend of T g with CO 2 pressure was captured. When was determined by fitting the SL-EOS to the measured sorption of scCO 2 in PAA, the calculated T g 's agreed very well with measured values.