Polymer solution

<h2 id="applications">Applications</h2>
<p>Polymer solutions are used in producing <a href="/facts/Fibers/ttkxAFBu">fibers</a>, <a href="/facts/Plastic_film/asLurBfP">films</a>, <a href="/facts/Glue/shTfIJ0E">glues</a>, <a href="/facts/Lacquer/83C6H1IW">lacquers</a>, <a href="/facts/Paint/Q176AsIG">paints</a>, and other items made of <a href="/facts/Polymer_material/G6S41efN">polymer materials</a>. Thin layers of polymer solution can be used to produce <a href="/facts/Light-emitting_diode/gE8x4MDb">light-emitting devices</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Guar/Jk4TTEUC">Guar</a> polymer solution <a href="/facts/Gel/gBFE0s9G">gels</a> can be used in <a href="/facts/Hydraulic_fracturing/cCTzfwkg">hydraulic fracturing</a> ("fracking").<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Flory%E2%80%93Huggins_solution_theory/jAFzcyNy">Flory–Huggins solution theory</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Colloid/9EVucqND">Colloid</a> systems</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Gel/gBFE0s9G">Gel</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Solution_polymerization/reTfmJ2x">Solution polymerization</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Teraoka, Iwao (2002). <a href="http://www.eng.uc.edu/~beaucag/Classes/Properties/Polymer%20Textbook.pdf"><i>Polymer solutions: an introduction to physical properties</i></a> (PDF). John Wiley & Sons. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-471-38929-3.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Teraoka, Iwao (2002). Polymer solutions: an introduction to physical properties (PDF). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-38929-3. <a href="978-0-471-38929-3" target="_blank">978-0-471-38929-3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Chemical Fabrics and Film Association [CFFA] (n.d.). "Plasticizer migration" (PDF). CFFA Performance Products Division. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017. <a href="http://www.cffaperformanceproducts.org/cffa-includes/pdfs/PlasticizerMigration.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cffaperformanceproducts.org/cffa-includes/pdfs/PlasticizerMigration.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Polymer solutions". <a href="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Polymer+Solution" target="_blank">http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Polymer+Solution</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Danner, Ronald P.; High, Martin S. (1993). Handbook of polymer solution thermodynamics. New York: Design Institute for Physical Property Data (DIPPR), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). ISBN 0-8169-0579-7. <a href="0-8169-0579-7" target="_blank">0-8169-0579-7</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Schubert, Dirk W. (2020). "Novel Theoretical Self-Consistent Mean-Field Approach to Describe the Conductivity of Carbon Fiber-Filled Thermoplastics: Part III—Application of the Concept to Mechanical Properties of Composites and Polymer Solutions". Advanced Engineering Materials. 22 (9): 2000171. doi:10.1002/adem.202000171. ISSN 1438-1656. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fadem.202000171" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fadem.202000171</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Chang, Shun-Chi; Yang, Yang (1999). "Polymer solution light-emitting devices". Applied Physics Letters. 74 (2081): 2081–2083. Bibcode:1999ApPhL..74.2081C. doi:10.1063/1.123764. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>US patent 5488083 A, Kinsey, III, E. Wayne; Sharif, Sharif & Harry, David N., "Method of gelling a guar or derivatized guar polymer solution utilized to perform a hydraulic fracturing operation", issued 1996-01-30,  assigned to Benchmark Research and Technology, Inc.
 <a href="https://www.google.com/patents/US5488083" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/patents/US5488083</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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