Kuhn–Mark–Houwink–Sakurada Coefficients for Determination of Molecular Parameters of cis-Polybutadiene Rubbers by Gel Permeation Chromatography

Industrial samples of polybutadiene rubbers with a high (95% or more) content of cis-1,4-units obtained on the neodymium-containing catalysts are studied by GPC and NMR spectroscopy (600 MHz). The GPC data obtained under different experimental conditions are analyzed taking into account the molecular weight calculated from NMR data. As a result, the coefficients of the Kuhn–Mark–Houwink–Sakurada equation for the solutions of cis-polybutadiene rubbers in toluene and tetrahydrofuran are refined.