CONTENTS

Glass Transition Temperature Correlation...........................................................3•41

Glass Transition Correlation Parameters...........................................................3 •41
Melt Transition Temperature Correlation ............................................................3•42
Melt Transition Model Parameters .....................................................................3 •42
Van Krevelen Property Parameter Estimation.....................................................3•43
Specifying Physical Properties ...............................................................................3•44
Selecting Physical Property Methods..................................................................3•44
Creating Customized Physical Property Methods..............................................3•45
Entering Parameters for a Physical Property Model .........................................3•46
Entering a Physical Property Parameter Estimation Method ..........................3•47
Entering Molecular Structure for a Physical Property Estimation ..................3•48
Entering Data for Physical Properties Parameter Optimization ......................3•49
References................................................................................................................3 •50

Section 3.2 Tait Molar Volume Model

Summary of Applicability .......................................................................................3 •51
Tait Molar Volume Model .......................................................................................3 •52
Tait Model Parameters.........................................................................................3•53
Specifying the Tait Molar Volume Model ..............................................................3•53
References................................................................................................................3 •54

Section 3.3 Polymer Viscosity Models

Summary of Applicability .......................................................................................3 •55
Pure Polymer Modified Mark-Houwink Model .....................................................3•56
Modified Mark-Houwink Model Parameters ......................................................3•58
Van Krevelen Viscosity-Temperature Correlation.............................................3•59
Van Krevelen Correlation Parameters................................................................3•63
Concentrated Polymer Solution Viscosity Model ..................................................3•64
Quasi-Binary System ...........................................................................................3 •64
Properties of Pseudo-Components.......................................................................3•65
Solution Viscosity Model Parameters..................................................................3 •67
Polymer Solution Viscosity Estimation...............................................................3 •67
Polymer Solution Glass Transition Temperature ..............................................3•69
Polymer Viscosity At Mixture Glass Transition Temperature ..........................3•69
True Solvent Dilution Effect................................................................................3•70
Specifying the Viscosity Models .............................................................................3•70
References................................................................................................................3 •71

Section 3.4 Flory-Huggins Activity Coefficient Model

Summary of Applicability .......................................................................................3 •73
Flory-Huggins Model ..............................................................................................3•74
Flory-Huggins Model Parameters .......................................................................3•77
Specifying the Flory-Huggins Model......................................................................3•77
References................................................................................................................3 •78