ricgouvea Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Hi All, I am trying to employ FT-IR (ATR) for comparing the real composition against the theoretical composition of a copolymer series. I have synthesized the homopolymers of monomers X and Z and then the copolymers at different theoretical composition (5, 10, 25 and 50 mol% of monomer Z) of both monomers. Then I got the spectra of all samples employing the ATR technique and identified the following peaks:- (1461cm-1) present in all samples/spectra's, which I have used as an internal reference.- (985cm-1) present in spectra of homopolymer X and the copolymers. I have assigned it as a characteristic peak from the monomer X.- (1104cm-1) present in spectra of homopolymer Z and the copolymers. I have assigned it as a characteristic peak from the monomer Z. Finally I plotted the absorbance ratio of “monomer Z” (1104/1461) and “monomer X” (985/1461) against the theoretical composition. The final plots are non-linear ones – the “monomer Z” one shows a negative deviation from the linear behavior and the “monomer X” one shows a positive deviation. Is this a correct approach and can I suggest that the copolymers are "monomer X" richer? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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