The equilibrium phase behavior of ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVAL) copolymer in mixtures of DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide, solvent) and water (nonsolvent) was studied for different temperatures. Both crystallization-induced gelation and liquid-liquid demixing were observed. From the determined phase diagram of this system at 25°C, three regions may be identified, i.e., a homogeneous region, a gel region, and binodal region in which both types of phase transition take place. At higher temperatures, crystallization isotherm was found to intersect the binodal phase boundary, which is analogous to the phase behavior reported by Stokes and Berghmans for several binary systems.
