Finding Mark Houwink Coefficients in
the Polymer Handbook on-line:
1. http://www.knovel.com/
2. Click on "Chemistry & Chemical Enginering
3. Go to the "Polymer Chemistry" tab
4. Click on "Polymer Handbook 4th Edition"
5. Go to Chapter VII: Solution Properties (click the plus
sign on the left margin to expand the section)
6. Expand "Viscosity - Molecular Weight Relationships and
Unperturbed Dimensions of Linear Chain Molecules"
7. Expand "C. Tables of Viscosity - Molecular Weight Relationships, [η]
= KMa"
8. Choose your table:
Table 1. Main-chain Acyclic Carbon
Polymers
Table 2. Main-chain Carbocyclic Polymers
Table 3. Main-chain Heteroatom Polymers (this one has Polyox)
Table 4. Cellulose and Derivatives, Poly(saccharides)
Table 5. Miscellaneous
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