Experimental test of mean field theory for critical points of polymer mixtures
Shibanov Yu. D., Komaricheva L. I.
The critical value of the effective interaction parameter, χ ^»and the critical concentration φ cr have been studied experimentally as a function of the degree of polymerization of the components in a mixture of polymers for the first time. The results are compared with the predictions of the mean field theory and of a numerical simulation.