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The phase equilibrium behavior data are presented for three kinds of commercial polymer-bonded explosive (PBX) elastomers in chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC22). \(\hbox {Levapren}^{{\textregistered }}\) ethylene-co-vinyl acetate (LP-EVA), \(\hbox {HyTemp}^{{\textregistered }}\) alkyl acrylate copolymer (HT-ACM), and \(\hbox {Viton}^{{\textregistered }}\) fluoroelastomer (VT-FE) were used as the PBX elastomers. For each elastomer + HCFC22 system, the cloud point (CP) and/or bubble point (BP) pressures were measured while varying the temperature and elastomer composition using a phase equilibrium apparatus fitted with a variable-volume view cell. The elastomers examined in this study indicated a lower critical solution temperature phase behavior in the HCFC22 solvent. LP-EVA showed the CPs at temperatures of 323 K to 343 K and at pressures of 3 MPa to 10 MPa, whereas HT-ACM showed the CPs at conditions between 338 K and 363 K and between 4 MPa and 12 MPa. For the LP-EVA and HT-ACM elastomers, the BP behavior was observed at temperatures below about 323 K. For the VT-FE + HCFC22 system, only the CP behavior was observed at temperatures between 323 K and 353 K and at pressures between 6 MPa and 21 MPa. As the elastomer composition increased, the CP pressure increased, reached a maximum value at a specific elastomer composition, and then remained almost constant.
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Lee, BC. Phase Behavior of Three PBX Elastomers in High-Pressure Chlorodifluoromethane. Int J Thermophys 38, 158 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-017-2295-6
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