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Molecular Weight Standards, GPC/SEC Calibration Kits and Validation Standards

PSS supplies certified standards that meet the requirements of DIN 55672 and ISO/EN 13885. All reference materials are characterized with GPC/SEC to obtain molecular weight values. These values are subsequently confirmed by alternative methods such as Laser Light Scattering, Viscometry, MALDI-ToF, VPO and NMR.

Each product comes with a Certificate of Analysis, which provides the characterization information, the testing parameters, the molecular weight values (M_n, M_w, M_p, PDI) and the chromatogram. Calibration kits include a calibration report.

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Aqueous Mobile Phase

Product	Download
Dextran	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Hydroxyethyl starch	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(acrylic acid) sodium salt	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(DADMAC)	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(ethylene glycol)	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(ethylene oxide)	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(methacrylic acid) sodium salt	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(styrene sulfonate) sodium salt	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(vinyl alcohol) broad	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(2-vinylpyridinium bromide)	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Pullulan	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Protein	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(2-vinyl pyridine) aqu	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) broad	Material safety data sheet: SDS
Poly(alpha-methylstyrene sulfonate) sodium salt	Material safety data sheet: SDS

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Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Order No.	Nominal MW	Description	PDI	Packsize
PSS-PET35K	35000	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	<2,10	250,00
PSS-PET40K	40000	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	<2,10	250,00
PSS-PET50K	50000	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	<2,10	250,00
PSS-PET75K	75000	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	<2,10	250,00
PSS-PET10K	10000	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	<2,10	250,00
PSS-PET18K	18000	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	<2,10	250,00
PSS-PET3.5K	3500	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	<2,10	250,00
PSS-PET120K	120000	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	<2,10	250,00
PSS-PET25K	25000	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	<2,10	250,00

Specialties

Product	Download
Random copolymers	A selection of random copolymers with different compositions.
Block copolymers	A large selection of block copolymers with different chemistries and compositions.
Deuterated polymers	A selection of deuterated polymers. Material safety data sheet: SDS
Functionalized polymers	Reference materials with specific end groups or without initiator. Material safety data sheet: SDS
Star polymers	A selection of star branched polymers with 3 arms.

Polydispersity Index, PDI

The Polydispersity Index, PDI, is a measure of the width of the molar mass distribution. It is defined as ratio of the weight average molar mass M_w and the number average molar mass M_n, PDI =M_w/M_n.

PDI is 1 for monodisperse substances (no molar mass distribution), it is larger than 1 for the vast majority of all macromolecules. The PDI depends on the polymerization technique applied to produce the material. In praxis the PDI can be very large up to values of 100 and above. Narrow PDIs can only be obtained using controlled/living polymerization techniques.

Please refer to the literature section to learn more.

Narrow Standards
Broad Standards

Narrow polymer standards are made by controlled/living polymerization techniques (living anionic/cationic, ATRP, RAFT, etc.) or by fractionation of very broad standards.

All narrow standards have small polydispersity indices and exhibit a sharp and slim chromatographic profile.

The M_p value (molar mass at the peak maximum) is well defined and independent on the column resolution. As M_p is the only clearly defined point in the chromatogram this value is used to establish GPC/SEC calibration curves.

Standards with a narrow molar mass distribution are used:

to construct a GPC/SEC calibration curve using the provided M_p values
for the validation of a chromatographic system
for the determining of physical constants

Broad reference materials are made by radical polymerization, polycondensation or coordinative polymerization (polyolefins).

The PDI of broad standards is usually > 1.5. For broad standards the M_p value is a function of the column resolution. Molar mass values provided for broad standards are thus only the average molar masses M_w and M_n.

Modern GPC/SEC software packages allow for the construction of a calibration curve by the use of M_w, M_n or the intrinsic viscosity [η] of broad standards.

Standards with a broad molar mass distribution are used:

to validate a chromatographic system
to determine physical constants such as the Mark-Houwink constants K and ∝
to construct a calibration curve using broad calibration options
to test for porosity mismatch