Heat Capacity of Liquid and Solid Polymers at 298 K(1)

Polymer / Heat Capacity (J/mol-K): Cp,solid Cp,liquid
Polyacetal, POM 40.2 61.2
Poly(ethylene), PE 46.2 62.7
Poly(ethylene glycol), PEG 55.3 91.2
Poly(vinyl alcohol), PVOH 61.5 -
Poly(vinyl chloride), PVC 62.1 74.1
Poly(propylene), PP 69.0 89.5
Poly(acrylonitrile), PAN 69.3 -
Poly(trimethylene glycol) 79.3 119.2
Poly(1,3-butadiene) 89.5 101.4
Teflon, PTFE 92.6 98.3
Poly(isobutene), PIB 93.1 110.1
Poly(1-butene), PB-1 99.6 118.3
Poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) 101.1 -
Poly(1-methyl-1-butenylene) 108.0 130.3
Poly(vinyl acetate), PVA 108.7 162.6
Poly(thio-1,4-phenylene) 110.2 157.2
Poly(methacrylic acid), PMAA 112.1 -
Poly(methyl acrylate), PMA 114.0 153.3
Poly(tetrahydrofuran), PTMG, PTHF 116.4 147.9
Poly(1-pentene) 116.9 143.1
Polystyrene, PS 125.7 177.2
Poly(methyl methacrylate), PMMA 136.5 182.0
Poly(4-chlorostyrene) 141.0 -
Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) 141.7 -
Poly(ethyl acrylate), PEA 143.3 180.3
Poly(2,6-dimethyl-p-phenylene oxide), PPO 149.4 210.3
Poly(4-methylstyrene) 149.6 197.1
Poly(α-methylstyrene)  149.7 171.0
Poly(caprolactone), PCL 161.5 206.5
Poly(vinyl benzoate) 164.2 243.1
Poly(ethyl methacrylate), PEMA 165.8 203.2
Poly(caprolactam), Nylon 6 165.8 258.3
Poly(butyl acrylate) , PBA 211.3 231.0
Poly(isobutyl acrylate) 216.2 230.5
Poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET 219.3 305.4
Poly(isobutyl methacrylate) 227.2 273.2
Poly(butyl methacrylate), PBMA 237.3 263.5
Poly[(tetramethylene terephthalate), PBT 267.9 354.5
Poly(2,6-diphenyl-p-phenylene oxide) 272.8 336.5
Poly(Bisphenol A carbonate), PC 300.7 406.9
Poly(hexamethylene adipamide), Nylon 6,6 328.3 490.8
Poly(hexamethylene sebacamide), Nylon 6,10 448.5 615.6
Poly(hexamethylene dodecanediamide), Nylon 6,12 482.0 672.3
Poly{[bis(4-chlorophenyl)sulfone]-alt-[bisphenol-A]}, PSU - 678.1
(1) The heat capacities are the average of one or more experimental values.

Heat Capacity

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