The dilute reduced viscosity of dimethylpolysiloxane has been measured in eight kinds ofsolvents. A general relation between [η] and
k′ is applicable to the results. In the goodsolvent intrinsic viscosity [η] is larger and Huggins
k′ is smaller. Moreover the relationbetween (
k′+β)(β is that given by Fuoss and Mead in their viscosity formula) and
k′ ork′[η] 2 and [η] is agreed with the usual prediction fairly well. The order from the good to thepoor solvents ranked in cyclohexan, tetrahydrofuran, carbontetrachloride, n-heptan, benzene, toluene, chlorobenzene and methylethylketone. This result was also checked from the [η]-M relation, the latter quantity being obtained from osmotic pressure measurment.
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