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upper critical solution temperature
Recommended acronym: UCST
Critical temperature above which a mixture is miscible.
Notes:
  1. Above the UCST and below the LCST, if it exists, a single phase exists for all compositions.
  2. The UCST depends upon the pressure and molar-mass distributions of the constituent polymer(s).
  3. For a mixture containing or consisting of polymeric components, these may be different polymers or species of different molar mass of the same polymer.
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 1985 (Definition of terms related to polymer blends, composites, and multiphase polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2004)) on page 1999
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. doi:10.1351/goldbook.
Last update: 2008-10-07; version: 2.0.2.
DOI of this term: doi:10.1351/goldbook.UT07280.
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