The stress relaxation of poly(methyl acrylate)-poly(acrylonitrile) copolymer samples was carried out in air, distilled water, pH 3, 7 and 11 solutions at various temperatures using a tensile tester equipped with a solvent chamber. The relaxation spectra of poly(methyl acrylate)-poly(acrylonitrile) copolymers were obtained by applying the experimental stress relaxation curves to the equation of relaxation spectrum derived from the Ree-Eyring and Maxwell model. The determination of relaxation spectra was performed from computer calculation using a Laplace transform method. It was observed that the relaxation spectra of these samples are directly related to the distribution of molecular weights and selfdiffusions of flow segments.

Poly(methyl acrylate)-poly(acrylonitrile) 공중합체의 응력완화 실험은 용매기를 부착한 인장 시험기를 사용하여 여러 온도의 공기 중, 증류수, pH 3, 7, 11 용액에서 실행하였다. Ree-Eyring and Maxwell 모델로부터 얻은 완화 스펙트럼 식에 실험적인 응력완화 곡선을 대입하여 poly(methyl acrylate)-poly(acrylonitrile) 공중합체의 완화스펙트럼을 얻었다. 완화스펙트럼의 계산은 Laplace 변환법을 사용한 컴퓨터 프로그램을 이용하였다. 이들 시료의 완화스펙트럼은 유동단위의 분자량과 자체확산 분포와 밀접한 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

Keywords: poly(methyl acrylate)-poly(acrylonitrile) copolymers; relaxation spectra; REM model; tensile tester; distribution of molecular weights; self-diffusions.