Advantages of Interfacing a Viscoelastic Device with a High-Speed

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and an Advanced Statistical-Graphics Software Package Stephen Havriliak, Jr. Bristol Research Laboratories, Rohm and Haas Company, Bristol, PA 19007

There are many advantages to the polymer scientist for constructing such interfaces. First of a l l , a high storage computer allows one to store large amounts of data in a form that makes data storage and retrieval, as well as comparisons, quite simple and efficient. Secondly, complicated calculations, involving experimental design, error estimation or conventional polymer science theories of one form or another can readily be carried out. For example, a replication study could be carried out and variance or standard deviations be represented in terms of measured quantities. Viscoelastic data could then be presented in a form of experimental quantities along with confidence limits. When polymer systems are compared, one can estimate the differences in behavior relative to the estimated error (signal/noise ratio) and select the optimum conditions for comparison.

We have f o u n d s i t u a t i o n s where c o m p a r i s o n s c a n be made i n r e g i o n s where t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l e r r o r may be

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h i g h b u t t h e d i f f e r e n c e s i n o b s e r v e d b e h a v i o r more t h a n compensate f o r t h e e r r o r . Smoothing functions that r e d u c e t h e n o i s e i n t h e s y s t e m c a n a l s o be used s o t h a t the u s e f u l range o f t h e i n s t r u m e n t c a n be e x t e n d e d several fold. B l e n d c a l c u l a t i o n s u s i n g any o f t h e w e l l known e x p r e s s i o n s c a n be used t o e s t i m a t e t h e p r o p e r t i e s o f b l e n d s f r o m t h e p r o p e r t i e s o f t h e p u r e compon e n t s and t h e i r volume f r a c t i o n . The r e s u l t s o f s u c h calculations c a n t h e n be compared to experimental v a l u e s and t h e m a g n i t u d e o f t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l e r r o r t o d e t e r m i n e whether the d i f f e r e n c e s are meaningful or not. T h i s paper r e v i e w s t h e advantages t o t h e polymer s c i e n t i s t when such an i n t e r f a c e i s u s e d .

EXPERIMENTAL A l l t h e v i s c o e l a s t i c measurements were c a r r i e d o u t i n t h e R h e o m e t r i e s Dynamic S p e c t r o m e t e r RDS-770 a t a f r e q u e n c y o f 1Hz, a s t r a i n o f 0.1%, and a t e m p e r a t u r e range o f -140 t o 140 C i n c r e m e n t e d e v e r y 2 d e g r e e s . The T e x a s I n s t r u m e n t T e r m i n a l S i l e n t 700 was t a p p e d t o p r o v i d e a hookup t o an IBM 308X main frame computer l o c a t e d some m i l e s away. The o u t p u t o f t h e R h e o m e t r i e s u n i t was c o n v e r t e d t o a d a t a f i l e t o be used i n c o n j u c t i o n w i t h SAS ( 1 ) . A l l s t a t i s t i c a l m a n i p u l a t i o n s , s o f t w a r e d e v e l o p m e n t s , and t h e n e c e s s a r y g r a p h i c s t h a t are r e p o r t e d h e r e were c a r r i e d o u t w i t h t h e a i d o f SAS• S e t t i n g t h e i n c r e m e n t a l t e m p e r a t u r e change t o 2°C r e s u l t e d i n an a v e r a g e 2°C change b u t t h e r e were many p l a c e s where t h e change was 1 o r 3 d e g r e e s . S i n c e t h e s e c h a n g e s o c c u r r e d randomly and v a r i a n c e c a l c u l a t i o n s o r o t h e r c o m p a r i s o n s must be p e r f o r m e d a t the same t e m p e r a t u r e f o r each m a t e r i a l , a s m a l l p r o g r a m was w r i t t e n t o i n t e r p o l a t e t h e d a t a t o 1 d e g r e e i n c r e ments. The SAS d a t a f i l e s c o n s i s t e d o f r e a l (6SP) and i m a g i n a r y (GDP) p a r t s o f t h e m o d u l u s , t h e l o s s t a n g e n t ( t a n d e l ) , t e m p e r a t u r e (T) and t h e sample i d e n t i f i c a t i o n (sampno)• The t h r e e p o l y m e r s t h a t were c h o s e n f o r s t u d y , e.g. PNNA ( 2 ) , EPDM ( 3 ) , and H y t r e l ( 4 ) , were s e l e c t e d because t h e y r e p r e s e n t a wide range o f v i s c o e l a s t i c materials. These materials were processed into plaques. The p l a q u e s were a n n e a l e d a t 125 C between h i g h l y p o l i s h e d chrome p l a t e d f l a t p l a t e s and c o o l e d slowly to minimize the e f f e c t s of r e s i d u a l s t r e s s e s . V i s c o e l a s t i c measurements were made under conditions c i t e d above on two t e s t s p e c i m e n s t h a t were c u t f r o m


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adjacent l o c a t i o n s i n the plaque t o minimize p o s s i b l e preparation variations. The t e s t s p e c i m e n s i z e i n a l l c a s e s was 2 x 0.5 x 0.125 i n . B l e n d s o f PMMA/Hytrel = 3/1 were a l s o p r e p a r e d by e x t r u s i o n b l e n d i n g i n a 1 i n . K i l l i o n e x t r u d e r . The p e l l e t s were i n j e c t i o n m o l d ed i n t o p l a q u e s . These p l a q u e s were a n n e a l e d a t 125 C for 3 minutes, and t h e n c o o l e d t o room temperature slowly to minimize r e s i d u a l s t r e s s e s . RESULTS A*

ESTIMATES OF EXPERIMENTAL ERROR

Variance (5,6), related to the scatter i n r e p l i cated experiments, was c a l c u l a t e d u s i n g SAS'S PROC MEANS f o r s t o r a g e m o d u l u s , l o s s modulus and l o s s t a n g e n t f o r each t e m p e r a t u r e and m a t e r i a l , e . g . , PMMA, EPDM AND HYTREL. V a r i o u s r e l a t i o n s h i p s were examined to s e l e c t t h e p r o p e r meter f o r r e l a t i n g v a r i a n c e t o t h e m a g n i t u d e o f measurement, e.g. l i n e a r , s e m i - l o g and log-log. The most s a t i s f a c t o r y meter t h a t was f o u n d was t h e l o g - l o g r e l a t i o n s h i p . SAS's PROC STEPWISE was used t o c o n s t r u c t a model f o r r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e v a r i a n c e i n terms o f t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l v a r i a b l e s , such a s t h e m a g n i t u d e o f t h e measurements, t h e i r c r o s s - t e r m s and temperature. T e m p e r a t u r e was f o u n d t o c o n t r i b u t e o n l y s l i g h t l y i n these r e l a t i o n s h i p s . SAS's PROC GLM was used t o e s t i m a t e t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n o f p o l y m e r type. T h i s was found t o be o n l y a weak c o r r e l a t i o n and need n o t be i n c l u d e d . T a b l e I s u m m a r i z e s t h e r e s u l t s and a n a l y s i s and t h e a s s u m p t i o n s t h a t were used t o c o n s t r u c t the f i n a l a l g e b r a i c equation to represent the variance. 95% c o n f i d e n c e l i m i t s were t h e n c a l c u l a t e d f r o m t h e e x p r e s s i o n s i n Table I I , w h i c h were d e r i v e d f r o m SAS's PROC GLM, t h e s i m p l i f i e d model and an e s t i mate o f t h e r e s i d u a l s . I t s h o u l d be p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the n u m e r i c a l v a l u e s c a l c u l a t e d from these e x p r e s s i o n s s h o u l d be used c a r e f u l l y ( s e e D i s c u s s i o n ) s i n c e t h e y include important assumptions i n t h e i r d e r i v a t i o n . I t i s e x p e c t e d t h a t o t h e r l a b o r a t o r i e s may d e r i v e s i m i l a r r e l a t i o n s h i p s b u t w i t h somewhat d i f f e r e n t numerical values• An example o f t h e u t i l i t y o f t h e s e e x p r e s s i o n s i s g i v e n i n F i g u r e 1 where t h e l o g ( r e a l modulus) i s p l o t t e d a g a i n s t temperature f o r two t e s t s p e c i m e n s o f EPDM. The f i r s t t e s t s p e c i m e n i s r e p r e s e n t e d by o ' s , w h i l e t h e s e c o n d s p e c i m e n i s r e p r e s e n t e d by t h e d a s h e d l i n e s , w h i c h a r e 95% c o n f i d e n c e l i m i t s c a l c u l a t e d f r o m t h e e x p r e s s i o n s i n T a b l e I I and i t v i s c o e l a s t i c p r o p e r ties. The measurements were made t h r e e weeks a p a r t .


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SDTD (VTD/0.41)and

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Temperature (°C) F i g u r e 1* A p l o t o f t h e l o g ( s t o r a g e modulus) f o r EPDM w i t h t e m p e r a t u r e . The o's r e p r e s e n t t h e f i r s t run while the confidence l i m i t s o f the s e c o n d r u n a r e r e p r e s e n t e d by t h e dashed l i n e s .


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N o t e how t h e c o n f i d e n c e band c h a n g e s w i t h c h a n g i n g temperature* A s an a s i d e , i t g h o u l d be p o i n t e d o u t t h a t a t a t e m p e r a t u r e o f a b o u t 0 C, t h e machine t o r q u e i s below t h e recommended range b u t t h e t r a n s d u c e r i s s t i l l responding to the s i g n a l .


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Suppose one wanted t o compare t h e b e h a v i o r o f two p o l y m e r s and t h e i r b l e n d s . L e t us d e f i n e t h e s i g n a l as t h e d i f f e r e n c e between t h e l o g a r i t h i m s o f t h e v i s c o e l a s t i c q u a n t i t i e s and t h e n o i s e as t h e e r r o r calculated f o r a s p e c i f i c s e t of v i s c o e l a s t i c properties associated with a s p e c i f i c composition. The s i g n a l t o n o i s e r a t i o w o u l d have t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e t h r e e c u r v e s shown i n F i g u r e 2 f o r a P M M A / H y t r e l b l e n d »3/l. S e l e c t i o n o f t h e optimum c o n d i t i o n s f o r c o m p a r i son i s a p p a r e n t i n t h a t f i g u r e . E m p h a s i s s h o u l d be placed a t those temperatures with high s i g n a l / n o i s e ratios. C.

SMOOTHING FUNCTIONS

The p r o p e r t i e s o f v a r i a n c e n o t e d e a r l i e r a l l o w us t o t r e a t t h e s c a t t e r i n t h e r e s u l t s a s n o i s e . A number o f s m o o t h i n g f u n c t i o n s e x i s t f o r t h i s p u r p o s e . One s u c h method t h a t i s p a r t i c u l a r l y s u i t e d s i n c e t h e i n c r e m e n t a l t e m p e r a t u r e change h a s been k e p t c o n s t a n t i s t h a t due t o S a v i t s k y and G o l a y ( 7 ) . T h i s method i s a r i g o r o u s a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e method o f l e a s t s q u a r e s t o t h o s e r e l a t i o n s h i p s t h a t c a n be r e p r e s e n t e d by p o l y n o m i a l s and f o r e x p e r i m e n t s t h a t a r e u n i f o r m l y s p a c e d i n the independent v a r i a b l e . I n the p r e s e n t case the t e m p e r a t u r e range was u n i f o r m l y s p a c e d a t 1 d e g r e e i n t e r v a l s and t h e v i s c o e l a s t i c f u n c t i o n s c a n be r e p r e s e n t e d by p o l y n o m i a l s no g r e a t e r t h a n d e g r e e 3. The r e s u l t s o f smoothing t h e H y t r e l modulus t e m p e r a t u r e c u r v e i s shown i n F i g u r e 3. A n o t h e r a d v a n t a g e o f t h e S a v i t s k y - G o l a y method i s t h a t d e r i v a t i v e s o f t h e s e f u n c t i o n s c a n a l s o be d e t e r m i n e d f r o m t h e method o f l e a s t s q u a r e s . This method c a n be used t o d e t e r m i n e a l p h a - p e a k t e m p e r a t u r e s a u t o m a t i c a l l y s i n c e t h e f i r s t d e r i v a t i v e changes s i g n a t t h e peak t e m p e r a t u r e . The a d v a n t a g e o f s m o o t h i n g i s t h a t t h e number o f e x t r a n e o u s p e a k s due t o n o i s e h a s been m i n i m i z e d .


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The SAS d a t a files t h a t were c r e a t e d a s a r e s u l t s o f t h e o p e r a t i o n s n o t e d e a r l i e r have t h e i m p o r tant property that a l l three v i s c o e l a t i c p r o p e r t i e s have e i t h e r been measured o r i n t e r p o l a t e d t o t h e same temperature. T h e r e f o r e one c a n merge d a t a s e t s f o r d i f f e r e n t p o l y m e r s by t e m p e r a t u r e (a SAS d a t a s e t m a n i p u l a t i o n ) and t h e n p e r f o r m b l e n d c a l c u l a t i o n s on t h e d a t a q u i t e s i m p l y i n SAS• F o r e x a m p l e , one c a n c a l c u l a t e the expected viscoelastic properties of a b l e n d f r o m t h e p u r e components and t h e i r volume f r a c t i o n u s i n g t h e e q u a t i o n s o f Uemura and T a k a y n a g i ( 8 ) • These r e s u l t s c a n t h e n be compared t o e x p e r i m e n t a l v a l u e s ( a t t h e same t e m p e r a t u r e ) i n a number o f i n f o r m a t i v e ways. F i r s t we c a n p l o t t h e c a l c u l a t e d values as a f u n c t i o n o f temperature and r e p r e s e n t r e s u l t s as a l i n e , see F i g u r e 4. The e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l t s c a n be r e p r e s e n t e d a s an e r r o r band v s t e m p e r a ture p l o t . Real d i f f e r e n c e s are r e a d i l y apparent s i n c e they must l i e o u t s i d e t h e 95% c o n f i d e n c e limits. A n o t h e r way t o r e p r e s e n t t h e d i f f e r e n c e i s t o p l o t t h e d i f f e r e n c e between c a l c u l a t e d and e x p e r i m e n t a l v a l u e s as a f u n c t i o n o f t e m p e r a t u r e . I n t h e same g r a p h an e s t i m a t e and p l o t o f t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l e r r o r s c a n a l s o be made, s e e F i g u r e 5 . DISCUSSION The e x a m p l e s d e s c r i b e d h e r e , a s w e l l a s o t h e r s , have been combined i n t o a s o f t w a r e p a c k a g e w h i c h we c a l l POLYREOM. The u s e r o f t h i s r o u t i n e h a s a t h i s d i s p o s a l a Menu s o t h a t he c a n s e l e c t any o f t h e comp a r i s o n s d e s c r i b e d a b o v e . I n t h i s way, q u i t e c o m p l i c a ted c a l c u l a t i o n s c a n be c a r r i e d o u t s i m p l y by anyone w i t h m i n i m a l computer e x p e r i e n c e . In fact the entire p r o c e d u r e c a n be r u n on a r o u t i n e b a s i s f r o m t h e t i m e t h a t a measurement i s made. Some i m p o r t a n t c o n d i t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g t h e e s t i m a t i o n o f e r r o r s h o u l d be p o i n t e d o u t . F i r s t , modulus measurements o f r e c t a n g u l a r b a r s a r e made i n t o r s i o n and the calculations c o n t a i n assumptions t h a t may depend on g e o m e t r y . How t h i s i n f l u e n c e s e r r o r , p a r t i c u l a r l y a t l o w t o r q u e l e v e l s i s n o t known. S e c o n d , t h e s t r a i n s were k e p t c o n s t a n t a t 0.1%; o t h e r s t r a i n s m i g h t n o t y i e l d t h e same r e s u l t s . On t h e o t h e r hand one w o u l d e x p e c t an i n v e r s e p r o p o r t i o n a l i t y t o e x i s t b e tween t h e m a g n i t u d e s o f e r r o r and s t r a i n . Thirdly, t h e s e e r r o r s were e s t i m a t e d f o r a f r e q u e n c y o f 1Hz.




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F i g u r e 4. P l o t o f t h e l o s s t a n g e n t w i t h t e m p e r a t u r e f o r PMMA/HYTREL blend»3/l. The s o l i d l i n e represents the c a l c u l a t e d values while the dashed l i n e s r e p r e s e n t t h e 95% c o n f i d e n c e l i m i t s for the experimental v a l u e s .



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F i n a l l y , thecontribution to error, that i s s p e c i f i c to t h i s l a b o r a t o r y , e s p e c i a l l y when compared t o o t h e r l a b o r a t o r i e s , i s n o t known. On t h e o t h e r hand, t h e r e a r e some v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g and n o t e w o r t h y o b s e r v a t i o n s t o be made f r o m t h e e r r o r s t u d y . F i r s t , repeated a t t e m p t s t o i n c l u d e p o l y m e r t y p e and t e m p e r a t u r e i n t o t h e e r r o r model f a i l e d . This observation implies that temperature c o n t r o l o f the d e v i c e i s independent o f temperature and t h a t any f l u c t u a t i o n i s t h e same t h r o u g h o u t t h e i n t e r v a l t h a t was used i n t h i s s t u d y . S e c o n d l y , r e p e a t e d a t t e m p t s t o i n c l u d e sample t y p e i n t o the a n a l y s i s a l s o f a i l e d , i m p l y i n g t h a t t h e e s t i m a t e d v a r i a n c e s were i n d e p e n d e n t n o t o n l y o f t e m p e r a t u r e b u t of m a t e r i a l . This r e s u l t suggests very s t r o n g l y that t h e v a r i a n c e s a r e due t o t h e magnitude o f t h e m e a s u r e ment, t h e d e v i c e t h a t was u s e d , and o u r own s e t o f laboratory circumstances. There a r e many p o l y m e r s c i e n c e t h e o r i e s ( 9 , 10 and 11) t h a t a t t e m p t t o r e l a t e v i s c o e l a s t i c p r o p e r t i e s to polymer s t r u c t u r e o r , i n t h e case o f b l e n d s , t o t h e p r o p e r t i e s o f t h e p u r e components and t h e i r volume fraction. Implicit i n these t h e o r i e s i s that the v i s c o e l a s t i c p r o p e r t i e s were o b t a i n e d under c o n t r o l l e d c o n d i t i o n s and i n t h e l i n e a r r e g i o n . Linearity i n p o l y m e r s i s an i d e a l i z a t i o n t h a t may n e v e r be r e a l i z e d , and may o n l y be a p p r o x i m a t e d by making v i s c o e l a s t i c measurements a t l o w and c o n s t a n t s t r a i n . T h i s cons t r a i n t p l a c e s s e r i o u s r e s t r i c t i o n s on e x p e r i m e n t a l e q u i p m e n t as t h e f o l l o w i n g example w i l l demonstrate. Consider t h e t e m p e r a t u r e dependence o f t h e s t o r a g e modulus a s a f u n c t i o n o f t e m p e r a t u r e f o r two m a t e r i a l s , where a t room t e m p e r a t u r e one i s g l a s s y (PMMA), and t h e o t h e r i s l e a t h e r y (EPDM), s e e F i g u r e 6. A t l o w tempera t u r e s , the moduli are not o n l y s i m i l a r but q u i t e high. As a r e s u l t o f e x p e r i m e n t a l c o n d i t i o n s , t h e t o r q u e , a machine q u a n t i t y , i s near i t s upper limit. However a s t h e t e m p e r a t u r e i s r a i s e d , t h e c u r v e s b e have quite d i f f e r e n t l y . A t 0 C the torque f o r the EPDM s y s t e m i s near i t s l o w e r l i m i t , w h i l e f o r PMMA i t i s s t i l l near t h e i n s t r u m e n t s upper l i m i t . Eventually t h e t o r q u e goes o u t o f t h e recommended range f o r EPDM. A s i m i l a r b e h a v i o r i s o b s e r v e d f o r PMMA b u t a t higher temperatures. I f one s h o u l d w i s h t o e s t i m a t e t h e p r o p e r t i e s o f a b l e n d o f t h e s e two m a t e r i a l s and stay w i t h i n the manufacturer's torque recommendations, t h e n t h e t e m p e r a t u r e range i s s e v e r e l y l i m i t e d b e c a u s e any i n t e r a c t i o n s w i t h t h e a l p h a and b e t a p r o c e s s e s o f PMMA c a n n o t be s t u d i e d . Changing t h e dimensions o f t h e specimens, the t r a n s d u c e r , or t h e l e v e l o f s t r a i n a r e not a c c e p t a b l e a l t e r n a t i v e s t o m i n i m i z e t h e e f f e c t s o f a l i m i t e d torque range. One way t o m i n i m i z e t h e s e e f f e c t s i s d e r i v e d f r o m t h e r e s u l t s o f t h i s work. F o r example, t h e



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i n c r e a s e i n e x p e r i m e n t a l e r r o r i s n o t as i m p o r t a n t as is the signal/noise r a t i o . A knowledge o f t h i s r a t i o i s important because o p t i m a l c o n d i t i o n s ( i n t h i s case t e m p e r a t u r e ) c a n be s e l e c t e d f o r c o m p a r i s o n * In addit i o n , use o f t h e S a v i t z k y - G o l a y t e c h n i q u e t o reduce e r r o r i s j u s t i f i e d b e c a u s e t h e e r r o r was f o u n d t o be e s s e n t i a l l y n o i s e , and n o t a l o w v a l u e machine c u t off. The p r o b l e m becomes one o f s e a r c h i n g f o r t h e s i g n a l i n t h e p r e s e n c e o f n o i s e . U s i n g 26 e x p e r i m e n t a l q u a n t i t i e s , w h i c h r e p r e s e n t s 26 d e g r e e s o f measurement, i s not unreasonable. One w o u l d e x p e c t an e r r o r r e d u c t i o n o f 5, t h u s l e a d i n g t o , o r an e x t e n s i o n o f , t h e i n s t r u m e n t s r a n g e by 5 f o l d . Acknowledgments

T h i s w r i t e r wishes t o express h i s a p p r e c i a t i o n t o Dr. E. P. D o u g h e r t y and Mr. P. M i l l e r f o r many h e l p f u l d i s c u s s i o n s i n p r e p a r i n g t h e s u b r o u t i n e s used i n t h i s work.

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