“…The volume of the cables before and after being submerged were measured by the electronic densimeter (MDS-300, Alfa Mirage Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan). 38 Based on this method, the R swell [−] is defined by eqn (3) :
where V S and V 0 are the volumes of the cables after and before being submerged, respectively, as well as solubility and other properties of each solvent, the three most feasible solvents were selected. These were diethyl ether, methanol, and hexane.…”