| Abstract: | A chemical group contribution technique, based on the principle of additivity of molar attraction constants for groups in a molecule, has been used for determining the solubility parameters for several polyesters, polyethers and a few other types of polymers. The solubility parameter for a polymer is calculated by using the contributions for chemical groups reported in the literature with the resultant values found to compare favorably. For geometrical isomers of polymers, the calculated solubility parameters are identical but differ for positional substitution. |
