A new apparatus has been developed for optical measurement of sorption/desorption in transparent polymer films at a given strain or stress. The technique utilizes a chosen infrared absorption frequency of the diffusing vapor in a spectral region where the film has negligible absorption. From the time dependence of the IR absorption at this frequency the sorption/desorption behavior of the film may be determined at any strain or stress. The simultaneous measurement of mechanical relaxation as a function of the amount of sorbed vapor is also possible. The results presented here show the applicability of the apparatus for determining the transport and mechanical properties of a low‐density polyethylene film in ethyl acetate vapor at 30°C.
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