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0.8
q = 25
0.6
q = 70
q = 100
0.4
q = 200
q = 256
0.2
q = 512
q = 750
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
Time/min
FIGURE 4.119
Computer simulation (solid lines) and experimental results (scattered points)
for the time profiles of relative weight of the gel sample for various degrees of swelling
q
.
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
Time/min
FIGURE 4.120
Experimental result taken from direct measurement of a sample PAMPS
muscle. (Gong, J. P. and Y. Osada. 1994. In preprints of the
Sapporo symposium on intelligent
polymer gels
, 21-22; Gong, J. et al. 1994. In
Proceedings of the international conference on
intelligent materials
, 556-564.)
