Аннотация
The interaction of a poly(2-methyl-5-vinylpyridine) hydrochloride gel (1 a) with the aqueous solution of a linear sodium poly(vinylsulfonate) (2) was investigated. It was established that the gel collapse takes place as a consequence of the formation of a polyelectrolyte complex (1 a-2) between oppositely charged groups. The binding degree θ of the linear polymer with the gel was determined to be 0,4. The kinetics of the interaction process was examined. With increasing pH and ionic strength value a discrete phase transition both of the gel volume and of the polycomplex is induced. The collapse of the latter has increasingly sharp character.