Cellulose ester blends

Gardiner, E. "Cellulose Ester Blends, Ultrathin Deposits and Membranes" part of Ph.D. Thesis, Chem. Dept., State Unlv. of... 

Cotton linters or wood pulp are nitrated using mixed acid followed by treatment with hot acidified water, pulping, neutralization, and washing. The finished product is blended for uniformity to a required nitrogen content. The controlling factors in the nitration process are the rates of diffusion of the acid into the fibers and of water out of the fibers, the composition of mixed acid, and the temperature (see Cellulose esters, inorganic esters). 

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In the manufacture of cellulose ester plastic, the appropriate ester is blended with plasticizer and other additives, such as stabilizers, ultraviolet inhibitors, dyes, and pigments, commonly in a large sigma-blade mixer. The mixture thus obtained is heated to its softening temperature and kneaded until it is homogeneous. This is done on hot milling rolls, in a compounding extruder, or in a Banbury mixer. The molten mass of plastic that results is formed into small rods or strips that are then cut into cylindrical or cubical pellets, which ordinarily have dimensions of about J inch (3 millimeters). See Fig. 2. 

Solvents have been classified on various arbitrary bases (1) boiling point, (2) evaporation rate, (3) polarity, (4) industrial applications, (5) chemical composition, (6) proton donor and proton acceptor relationships, and (7) behavior toward a dye, Magdala Red, Thus on the basis of industrial application one can classify solvents as those for (1) acctyl-ccliulosc, (2) pyroxylin, 13) resins and lubber, (4) cellulose ether, (5) chlorinated rubber, (6) synthetic resins, and (7) solvents and blending agents for cellulose ester lacquers. Solvents classified according to chemical composition are noted below. 

It is further attractive that polymer blending may offer opportunities not only to improve the processability and modify the physical properties of CEs, but also to alter the thermal instability and/or mechanical brittleness of the second component polymers, e.g., many aliphatic polyesters including bacterial poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s. Recent developments in the area of cellulose ester/polymer blends are reviewed below. 

A significant number of works are concerned with the development of new membranes for the separation of mixtures of aromatic/alicyclic hydrocarbons [10,11,77-109]. For example, the following works can be mentioned. A mixture of cellulose ester and polyphosphonate ester (50 wt%) was used for benzene/cyclohexane separation [113]. High values of the separation factor and flux were achieved (up to 2 kg/m h). In order to achieve better fluxes and separation factors the attention was shifted to the modification of polymers by grafting technique. Grafted membranes were made of polyvinylidene fluoride with 4-vinyl pyridine or acrylic acid by irradiation [83]. 2-Hydroxy-3-(diethyl-amino) propyl methacrylate-styrene copolymer membranes with cyanuric chloride were prepared, which exhibited a superior separation factor /3p= 190 for a feed aromatic component concentration of 20 wt%. Graft copolymer membranes based on 2-hydroxyethyl methylacrylate-methylacrylate with thickness 10 pm were prepared [85]. The membranes yielded a flux of 0.7 kg/m h (for feed with 50 wt% of benzene) and excellent selectivity. Benzene concentration in permeate was about 100 wt%. A membrane based on polyvinyl alcohol and polyallyl amine was prepared [87]. For a feed containing 10 wt% of benzene the blend membrane yielded a flux of 1-3 kg/m h and a separation factor of 62. 

Use Solvent for cellulose esters and ethers and for lacquers, antioxidant for lubricants, blending agent for special textile soaps and detergents. 

Cellulose esters such as cellulose acetobutyrate and cellulose propionate, which originally required plasticizers, are today blended with EVA and EVA graft polymer, respectively, to convert them into thermoplastic products (47). 

Viscosity Blending. As shown in Table I, a wide range of cellulose esters are commercially available. Each type may be identified by acetyl content alone, as in the case of cellulose acetate, or, for mixed esters, by the weight percent of the ester contributed by butyryl or propionyl groups following acylation. Further... 

Figure 5. Cellulose ester viscosity blending chart.

OTHER COMMENTS used as a solvent for cellulose esters, ethers and lacquers applications as an anti-oxidant for lubricants and as a blending agent for textile soaps and detergents. 

Yamaguchi, M. (2010). Optical properties of cellulose esters and their blends, in Cellulose Structure and Properties, Derivatives and Industrial Uses (Lejeune, A., Deprez, T, eds.). Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, pp. 325-340. 

Yamaguchi, M., Iwasaki, T., Okada, K., and Okamoto, K (2009). Control of optical anisotropy of cellulose esters and their blends with... 

Nobukawa, S., Hayashi, H., Shimada, H., Kiyama, A., Yoshimura, H., Tachikawa, Y, and Yamaguchi, M. (2014). Strong orientation correlation and optical anisotropy in blend of cellulose ester and poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate) oligomer, I. Annl. Polvm. Sci.. 131, 40570. 

Some synthetic polymers like, polyurethanes, specifically polyether-polyurethanes, are likely to be degraded by microbes but not completely. However, several polymers such as, polyamides, polyfluorocarbons, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polycarbonate are highly resistant to microbial degradation. Natural polymers are generally more biodegradable than synthetic polymers specifically, polymers with ester groups like aliphatic polyesters [1]. Therefore, several natural polymers such as cellulose, starch, blends of those with synthetic polymers, polylactate, polyester-amide, and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have been the focus of attention in the recent years [3]. 

Flat-sheet asymmetric-skinned membranes made from synthetic polymers (also copolymers and blends), track-etched polymer membranes, inorganic membranes with inorganic porous supports and inorganic colloids such as Zr02 or alumina with appropriate binders, and melt-spun thermal inversion membranes (e.g., hollow-fiber membranes) are in current use. The great majority of analytically important UF membranes belong to the first type. They are usually made of polycarbonate, cellulose (esters), polyamide, polysulfone, poly(ethylene terephtha-late), etc. 

Plasticizers are most commonly liquid esters of low volatUity, which are blended into rigid thermoplastic polymers to make them soft and flexible. Most are esters of phthatic, phosphoric, and adipic acids. Major use is in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) elastoplastics. Another major use, rarely mentioned in the literature, is the addition of hydrocarbon oils to rubber to improve processability. Plasticizers are also used to improve melt processabUity and toughness of rigid plastics such as cellulose esters and ethers, and they are used in a variety of specialized apphcations. In some cases, they perform dual functions such as thermal stabilization or flame retardance. This gives the individual processor the ability to tailor properties for each produet. 

Kauri-butanol value Volume in ml at 25°C (77°F) of a solvent, corrected to a defined standard, required to produce a defined degree of turbidity when added to 20 g of a standard solution of kauri resin in normal butyl alcohol. For kauri-butanol values of 69 and above, the standard is toluene and has an assigned value of 105. For kauri-butanol values below 60, the standard is a blend of 75% n-heptane and 25% toluene and has an assigned value of 40. Abbreviation is KB value. Paint pigment, drying oils, polymers, resins, naval stores, cellulosics esters, and ink vehicles, vol 3. American Society for Testing and Material, Conshohocken, PA, 2001. Fhck EW (1991) Industrial synthetic resins handbook. Williams Andrews Publishing/Noyes, New York. 

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