TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pan,J.
AU  - Chen,X.
TI  - Modelling degradation of amorphous biodegradable polyesters: Basic model
KW  - AMORPHOUS POLYMERS
KW  - BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER
KW  - HYDROLYSIS REACTION
KW  - MATHEMATICAL MODEL
KW  - MOLECULAR WEIGHT
KW  - NUMERICAL METHOD
KW  - POLYMER DEGRADATION
N2  - This chapter introduces a mathematical model for the degradation of amorphous polymers. A degrading polymer is made of long and short polymer chains saturated with water molecules. In degradation the long chains gradually cleave into short ones through hydrolysis. A master equation is presented that governs the process. Integration of the equation gives average molecular weight as function of time. Analytical solutions are presented for two limiting cases. A numerical method and computer programme are provided for solving the equation in general circumstances. Short chain diffusion is neglected (see Chapter 6 for the validity of this assumption). © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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ER  -