Study on segmental interaction parameter between ethylene and vinyl acetate monomer units of EVA by inverse gas chromatography

A method of analysis of inverse gas chromatography (IGC) measurements on copolymers to calculate segmental interaction parameters was proposed. Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVA), poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc), and dotriacontane (C32) were studied at 120°C with eight different probes of varying polarities by IGC. The value of the segmental interaction parameter between ethylene units and vinyl acetate units in EVA was found to be 1.18, which is consistent with the literature values. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 71: 693–698, 1999