Diffusion in polymer–solvent systems. II. A predictive theory for the dependence of diffusion coefficients on temperature, concentration, and molecular weight

Abstract

Abstract A new free‐volume theory is combined with the thermodynamic theory of Flory and the entanglement theory of Bueche to provide a means of predicting the temperature, concentration, and molecular weight dependence of mutual‐diffusion coefficients in amorphous polymer–solvent systems. The predictions of the theory are compared with actual data for the ethylbenzene–polystyrene system.