Application of inverse gas chromatography for polymer characterization

The possibility of polymer characterization by inverse gas chromatography (IGC) was illustrated with the study of sorption properties of macroporous crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate), PGME, synthesized by suspension copolymerization, and copolymer modified with ethylene diamine, PGME-en. The data collected from IGC experiments at infinite dilution are used for the calculation of the thermodynamic parameters of adsorption, dispersive components of the surface free energies, and the acid/base constants.