This handbook provides a single-source, comprehensive compilation of thermodynamic data of aqueous polymer solutions, detailing new developments and advanced applications in the field. Included are low- and high-pressure equilibrium data, vapor—liquid and liquid—liquid equilibria, enthalpic and volumetric data, and second viral coefficients. In addition, it contains data needed for optimizing applications such as separations of complex mixtures of biomolecules, and the precipitation and purification of proteins in aqueous two-phase systems. The book allows users to retrieve relevant information quickly, and plan new measurements where data are missing.

From the Preface: “Knowledge of thermodynamic data of polymer solutions is a necessity for industrial and laboratory processes. Such data serve as essential tools for understanding the physical behavior of polymer solutions, for studying intermolecular interactions, and for gaining insights into the molecular nature of mixtures. They also provide the necessary basis for any developments of theoretical thermodynamic models. Scientists and engineers in academic and industrial research need such data and will benefit from a careful collection of existing data. The CRC Handbook of Thermodynamic Data of Aqueous Polymer Solutions provides a reliable collection of such data for polymer solutions from the original literature...”

Target Audience: Polymer chemists, chemical engineers, physical chemists, and other researchers and technologists concerned with aqueous polymer solutions.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Vapor—Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) Data of Aqueous Polymer Solutions

Liquid—Liquid Equilibrium (LLE) Data of Aqueous Polymer Solutions

High-Pressure Phase Equilibrium (HPPE) Data of Aqueous Polymer Solutions

Enthalpy Changes for Aqueous Polymer Solutions

PVT Data of Polymers and Solutions

Second Viral Coefficients (A₂) of Aqueous Polymer Solutions

Appendices

Index