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A study of the drying of thin layers of polymer solution containing
polyvinyl acetate, toluene, and nitrogen is being investigated.
During the drying of PVAc-toluene, bubbles can appear well
below the boiling point of the toluene-PVAc solution. Therefore,
we believe nitrogen dissolved in the solution can become
supersaturated during the drying process and create bubbles in the
film. The saturation curve of nitrogen was defined by using the
Group-Contribution, Lattice-Fluid Equation of State to correlate
the experimental data. Also a drying curve of nitrogen
concentration was obtained by solving a pair of diffusion equations
for solvent and gas in the film by using the free volume theory of
Vrentas and Duda. By comparing the saturation and drying curves
one can predict whether bubbles will form or not. The result of
simulation shows bubble formation does not occur at 40°C. In the
future, we wish to correlate the GCLF-EoS at different
temperatures and concentrations and develop a prediction model in
diffusion of multicomponent systems. |
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