Rheological and optical characterization of Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) - Polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer blends

Abstract

Polymer blends of different concentrations for PVP-K30 and different additive weights of PEG8000 have been prepared as polymeric blends solutions. The rheological and optical properties of the blends samples have been investigated using Ostwald viscometer and Refractometer. The results showed that the density, shear, relative and specific viscosities are increases with the increasing of PVP concentration and additive weight of PEG. The optical constant values such as refractive index, reflectance, molar reflectance, coefficient of finesse and Brewster Angle are increase with the increasing of PVP concentration and additive weight of PEG while the critical angle has the revers behavior. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31257/2018/JKP/2019/11020