AbstractThe problem of the enhancement of the removal of a volatile impurity in a polymer film by the addition of a second solvent is analyzed. The introduction of a second solvent that diffuses faster than the impurity can increase the free volume of the system and can thus facilitate removal of the volatile impurity. Solution of the ternary diffusion problem indicates the role of the properties of the second solvent and of processing conditions on the devolatilization effectiveness. It is shown that more than a 10‐fold decrease in the devolatilization time can be achieved using a second solvent and appropriate processing condition
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