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Pyrotechnic mixtures may also contain additional components that are added to modify the bum rate, enhance the pyrotechnic effect, or serve as a binder to maintain the homogeneity of the blended mixture and provide mechanical strength when the composition is pressed or consoHdated into a tube or other container. These additional components may also function as oxidizers or fuels in the composition, and it can be anticipated that the heat output, bum rate, and ignition sensitivity may all be affected by the addition of another component to a pyrotechnic composition. An example of an additional component is the use of a catalyst, such as iron oxide, to enhance the decomposition rate of ammonium perchlorate. Diatomaceous earth or coarse sawdust may be used to slow up the bum rate of a composition, or magnesium carbonate (an acid neutralizer) may be added to help stabilize mixtures that contain an acid-sensitive component such as potassium chlorate. Binders include such materials as dextrin (partially hydrolyzed starch), various gums, and assorted polymers such as poly(vinyl alcohol), epoxies, and polyesters. Polybutadiene mbber binders are widely used as fuels and binders in the soHd propellant industry. The production of colored flames is enhanced by the presence of chlorine atoms in the pyrotechnic flame, so chlorine donors such as poly(vinyl chloride) or chlorinated mbber are often added to color-producing compositions, where they also serve as fuels. 

The anode layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells typically includes a catalyst and a binder, often a dispersion of poly(tetraflu-oroethylene) or other hydrophobic polymers, and may also include a filler, e.g., acetylene black carbon. Anode layers may also contain a mixture of a catalyst, ionomer and binder. The presence of a ionomer in the catalyst layer effectively increases the electrochemically active surface area of the catalyst, which requires a ionically conductive pathway to the cathode catalyst to generate electric current (16). 

A few polymers can be converted back to their monomers for purification and repolymerization. Polymers formed by ring-opening polymerization fall in this class, as shown in the foregoing by the conversion of nylon 6 back into caprolactam. When ethyl cyanoacrylate is used as a binder for metal and ceramic powders, it can be recovered for reuse by pyrolysis at 180°C.184 The monomer can be obtained by pyrolysis of polymethyl methacrylate in 92-100% yield,185 poly(a-methylstyrene) in 95-100% yield, and polytetraflu-oroethylene in 97-100% yield.186 Polystyrene can be de-polymerized to styrene containing some styrene dimer by heating with solid acids or bases at 350 400°C.187 It is pos sible that the dimer could be recycled to the next run to produce more monomer. The best yield (> 99% styrene) was obtained by passing polystyrene through a fluidized bed of a solid catalyst at 400 700°C, with a contact time of more than 60 s.188... 

ZSM-5 zeolites having three types of extra lattice alumina, namely acid insoluble extra framework alumina (AIEFAL), amorphous alumina (AMAL) and binder alumina (BNAL) were studied. Microcalorimetric acid strength distribution studies indicated the presence of very strong acid sites in the sample containing AIEFAL. Presence of amorphous alumina did not show any significant influence on acid strength distribution. But, the amount of poly aromatic compounds formed in n-heptane aromatization reaction over this catalyst is more, indicates the occurrence of non-shape selective surface reactions on this alumina. Presence of binder alumina showed the positive effect on stability in activity of n-heptane aromatization reaction. A common phenomenon observed with all the catalysts is the fast deactivation of strong acid sites. 

Frolov, Shabanova, and co-workers (37-39) studied the transition of a sol into a gel and the aggregate stability of colloidal silica. Their aim was to develop a technology for the production of highly-concentrated silica sols and to use them as binders, catalyst supports, polymer fillers, adsorbents, and so forth. Kinetic studies were made of polycondensation and gel formation in aqueous solutions of silicic acids. At the stage of particle growth, poly condensation proceeds in the diffusion-kinetic region. With changes in pH, temperature, concentration, and the nature of electrolytes,... 

Epoxy resins have been used successfully as strong binders in some special mixtures. A suitable type is Epon 828 (Shell Oil Co.) diluted with the active additive AGE (allyl glycidyl ether) that reduces the viscosity to less than one-tenth and about 8% DETA (diethytene-triamine) as a cold-curing catalyst (actually a cross-linking agent). This mixture can be used very much like a polyester resin. For less rigid compositions, a poly functional mercaptan such as LP-2 and LP-3 (Thiokol Chemical Corp.) can be used and such a resin can be combined with epoxy resin. A number of these types of resins are claimed as pyrotechnic binders in a patent by Hart, Eppig, and Powers. ... 

Figure 26.2 CuZnAl catalyst washcoatings prepared with a poly(vinyl alcohol) binder (left micrograph) and a Tylose binder (right micrograph).

Once the surface is pre-treated, the coating slurry needs to be prepared. The most frequently used method is to prepare a dispersion of the finished material, which sometimes includes gelification steps [122]. Ceramic monoliths are usually wash-coated by these means. The catalyst carrier or the catalyst itself [127] is mixed with a binder, such as poly(vinyl alcohol) or methylhydroxyethyl cellulose [128], add and solvent, usually water. Lower particle sizes improve the adhesion [129,130]. For ceramic monoliths, the particle size should be in the same range as the... 

Thybo et al. proposed a method to create well-defined patterns of catalyst deposits by application of a photoresist [139]. As shown in Figure 10.16, the photoresist was deposited on the surfaces not to be coated by spin-coating, subsequent UV-photo-lithographic treatment and removal of the undesired resist with sodium hydroxide solution. Then the catalyst was deposited on the entire surface and finally the photoresist was removed by dissolving in acetone. Kim and Kwon [144] used a similar method for catalyst coating but applied poly(vinyl alcohol) binder and a mask rather than a photoresist, as shown in Figure 10.13 (FJ-J) Section 10.2.4, and also Section 4.1.3. The binder along with catalyst, which were at undesired positions, were then removed by temperature treatment. 

Soon after the first preparation of vinyl acetate by the reaction of acetic acid with acetylene and its polymerization by Klatte [209] in 1912, methods for its industrial-scale synthesis were developed first in Germany, then in Canada [210]. At the same time, the chemistry was extended to the preparation and polymerization of vinyl esters of other aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids. The new polymers found immediate uses in paints, lacquers, and adhesives. Steady improvements in the industrial-scale monomer synthesis, particularly in the discovery of new catalysts for the acetic acid-acetylene condensation and development of a low-cost synthesis route based on ethylene have made vinyl acetate a comparatively inexpensive monomer. Besides the original applications, which still dominate the major uses of poly(vinyl acetate), this polymer finds additional utility as thickeners, plasticizers, textile finishes, plastic and cement additives, paper binders and chewing gum bases, among many others. At the same time, the uses and production of polymers of the higher vinyl esters have not kept pace with that of poly(vinyl acetate), primarily due to their higher cost. Consequently, the current worldwide production of these materials remains low. 

It is still a problem to make MEAs for AEMFCs. The main obstacle is the lack of a binder which matches the anion exchange membrane. Varcoe et al. prepared catalyst layers on carbon cloth, for both anode and cathode, by using PTFE as the binder. They found that it is difficult to laminate the catalyst layer to a poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) membrane by hot press [118]. The electrodes and membrane are therefore simply assembled into the fuel cell fixture, non-laminated. 

The screen printing process is the most used process to manufacture gas diffusion electrodes for HT- and LT-PEM. This process works in a very efficient way. Here the membrane of a fuel cell, for HT-PEM it s usually a polybenzimidazole and for LT-PEM a Nafion-based membrane, is fixed in its undoped form in a holder. After that a catalyst slurry, what is an electrode ink mixed with catalyst, is getting sprayed on the membrane and afterwards dried. The slurry is usually consisting of binder materials like poly (1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethylene) and newest more often poly-l,l-difluoroethene, catalyst-loaded support material what is most likely carbon, for example, and dispersing agents like water and alcohols. 

Energetic pol5nners are useful in rocket propellant binder compositions, as well as in propellant compositions for air bags in the automotive industry. They are, and formed from, poly(ether)s bearing pendant azide groups crosslinked without a catalyst by a diacetylene compound (42), or triazole and tetrazole pol5nners, respectively. 

The commercial prodnction of PPC is still quite modest at several kilotous annually and its use is limited primarily to binder applications in ceramic sintering processes where it benefits from a lower decomposition temperature compared to other binders [25]. More recently developed cobalt salem catalysts [26] and proprietary catalysts with improved activity and selectivity are able to prodnce tailored PPC polyols with specific molecular weights and hydroxyl group functionalities [27,28]. The polyurethanes synthesized from these polyols are reported to exhibit increased strength and durability caused by the polycarbonate backbone [29]. Besides C02-based PPC, other poly(alkylene carbonate)s are produced in pilot-scale processes [27]. 

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