Positron Annihilation in Chloropolystyrenes

Results of angular correlation of annihilation radiation and positron annihilation lifetime measurements are presented for atactic polystyrene and chloropolystyrenes. The inhibition of positronium formation follows the chlorine introduction as the decrease in intensities of the narrow component in angular correlation of annihilation radiation curves and of the longest-lived component in positron annihilation lifetime spectra prove. In general, the chlorine "activity" towards positrons seems to depend on its position in the polymer structure. The annihilation rate distribution as well as the radius and volume distributions of free-volume sites where positronium is assumed to be formed obtained with the use of CONTIN program for the raw sample in the 2nd series are given additionally.