Entropy of mixing and the glass transition of amorphous mixtures

R Pinal - Entropy, 2008 - mdpi.com
R Pinal
Entropy, 2008mdpi.com
Different equations have been proposed for estimating the glass transition temperature of
amorphous mixtures. All such expressions lack a term to account for the effect of the entropy
of mixing on the glass transition. An entropy based analysis for the glass transition of
amorphous mixtures is presented. The treatment yields an explicit mixing term in the
expression for the glass transition temperature of a mixture. The obtained expression
reduces to the Couchman-Karasz equation in the limiting case where the contribution of the …
Different equations have been proposed for estimating the glass transition temperature of amorphous mixtures. All such expressions lack a term to account for the effect of the entropy of mixing on the glass transition. An entropy based analysis for the glass transition of amorphous mixtures is presented. The treatment yields an explicit mixing term in the expression for the glass transition temperature of a mixture. The obtained expression reduces to the Couchman-Karasz equation in the limiting case where the contribution of the entropy of mixing approaches zero. Equivalent expressions are obtained for the glass transition temperature of a mixture of two glass formers as for the effect of a plasticizing liquid diluent on the glass transition temperature of an amorphous material.
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