High‐molecular‐weight hydrolyzed polyacrylamides. II. Potentiometric titrations

Potentiometric titrations in water of high‐molecular‐weight partly hydrolyzed polyacrylamides were analyzed by the Lifson—Katchalsky rodlike model. A fair concordance was found between theory and experimental curves with pK0 of acid functions of about 4.75 when 0 < τ < 0.49. Two methods were derived to calculate the parameter n of the extended Henderson‐Hasselbach equation by using a series expansion of pKa vs. α, not yet reported in the literature. A new equation for n was established and comparison between two sets of values of n, obtained by using the theoretical ΔpK curves and series expansion is discussed.