Manufacturing & Analytical Characterization
David Trowbridge, PhD, MS
Scientist for Polymer Applications
Cannon Instrument Company
State College, Pennsylvania
Description: The framework of this presentation is built on communicating the utility of polymer solution viscosity measurements which point to important aspects of the constituent polymers and the fluid properties of the polymer solutions. Attention will be given to the influencing factors of polymer size and solution concentration.
The automation of the viscosity measurement provides efficiencies that yield useful data for research and for the reliable determination of accepted characterization parameters such as intrinsic viscosity.