polymer solution

{{Short description|Homogeneous mixture containing dissolved polymers}}

Polymer solutions are solutions containing dissolved polymers.{{cite book

| url = http://www.eng.uc.edu/~beaucag/Classes/Properties/Polymer%20Textbook.pdf

| last = Teraoka

| first = Iwao

| date = 2002

| title = Polymer solutions: an introduction to physical properties

| publisher = John Wiley & Sons

| isbn = 978-0-471-38929-3

}} These may be {{vanchor|liquid solutions|LIQUID}} (e.g. in {{vanchor|aqueous solution|AQUEOUS|WATER}}), or solid solutions (e.g. a substance which has been plasticized).

{{cite web

| url = http://www.cffaperformanceproducts.org/cffa-includes/pdfs/PlasticizerMigration.pdf

| author = Chemical Fabrics and Film Association [CFFA]

| date = n.d.

| title = Plasticizer migration

| website = CFFA Performance Products Division

| access-date = August 11, 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170214181813/http://www.cffaperformanceproducts.org/cffa-includes/pdfs/PlasticizerMigration.pdf

| url-status = live

| archive-date = February 14, 2017

}}

The introduction into the polymer of small amounts of a solvent (plasticizer) reduces the temperature of glass transition, the yield temperature, and the viscosity of a melt.

{{cite web|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Polymer+Solution|title=Polymer solutions}} An understanding of the thermodynamics of a polymer solution is critical to prediction of its behavior in manufacturing processes — for example, its shrinkage or expansion in injection molding processes, or whether pigments and solvents will mix evenly with a polymer in the manufacture of paints and coatings.

{{cite book

| last1 = Danner

| first1 = Ronald P.

| last2 = High

| first2 = Martin S.

| date = 1993

| title = Handbook of polymer solution thermodynamics

| publisher = Design Institute for Physical Property Data (DIPPR), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

| location = New York

| language = en

| isbn = 0-8169-0579-7

}}

A recent theory on the viscosity of polymer solutions gives a physical explanation for various well-known empirical relations and numerical values including the Huggins constant, but reveals also novel simple concentration and molar mass dependence.{{Cite journal |last=Schubert |first=Dirk W. |date=2020 |title=Novel Theoretical Self-Consistent Mean-Field Approach to Describe the Conductivity of Carbon Fiber-Filled Thermoplastics: Part III—Application of the Concept to Mechanical Properties of Composites and Polymer Solutions |journal=Advanced Engineering Materials |language=en |volume=22 |issue=9 |pages=2000171 |doi=10.1002/adem.202000171 |issn=1438-1656|doi-access=free }}