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This document summarizes a lecture on the Flory-Huggins theory of polymer solutions. It discusses concepts like the entropy of mixing based on counting polymer chain configurations, the energy of mixing using the Bragg-Williams approximation, and predictions of the Flory-Huggins model. It provides reading from a textbook on polymer solutions and announces a final quiz on concepts from lectures 17-24, including thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.

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24: 12.07.05 Flory-Huggins Theory: Today

This document summarizes a lecture on the Flory-Huggins theory of polymer solutions. It discusses concepts like the entropy of mixing based on counting polymer chain configurations, the energy of mixing using the Bragg-Williams approximation, and predictions of the Flory-Huggins model. It provides reading from a textbook on polymer solutions and announces a final quiz on concepts from lectures 17-24, including thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.

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3.

012 Fundamentals of Materials Science Fall 2005

Lecture 24: 12.07.05 Flory-Huggins Theory

Today:

LAST TIME ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2


Lattice Models of Solutions ..........................................................................................................................
.............................. 2
ENTROPY OF MIXING IN THE FLORY-HUGGINS MODEL .................................................................................................................. 3
CONFIGURATIONS OF A SINGLE CHAIN.........................................................................................................
................... 3
COUNTING CONFIGURATIONS FOR A COLLECTION OF CHAINS .................................................................
.............. 4
THE ENERGY OF MIXING IN THE FLORY-HUGGINS MODEL............................................................................................................. 7
The Bragg-Williams approximation
.......................................................................................................................................... 9
PREDICTIONS FROM THE FLORY-HUGGINS MODEL ...................................................................................................................... 11
REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................................................. 14

Reading: Dill and Bromberg Ch. 31 Polymer Solutions, pp. 593-605.

Supplementary Reading:

Announcements:

Final quiz: Tuesday, Dec. 20 1:30pm-4:30pm DuPont


Same format and length as first 2 quizzes; you will have 3 hrs but quiz should
only take 2 hrs
Equation sheet is allowed, as in prior quizzes

Review sessions (tentatively): Thermo/Stat Mech review: Friday, Dec. 16, 5-7pm (normal recitation room)
Structure review: Sunday, Dec. 18, time TBD (normal recitation room)

Thermo coverage on Quiz 3: lectures 17-24


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3.012 Fundamentals of Materials Science Fall 2005

Last time

Lattice Models of Solutions

Lattice models are a form of COARSE GRAINING, where only the most important molecular details of a
system are retained in a statistical mechanical model. This is a powerful approach to create stat mech
models where meaningful predictions can be made for complex materials. We began a derivation of the
free energy of mixing for a polymer solution based on Flory-Huggins theory:

np = number polymer chains M = total lattice sites = ns + Nnp


N = number of segments per chain
ns = number of solvent molecules

Figure by MIT OCW.


Lecture 25 Flory-Huggins theory continued 2 of 14
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