Chemical modifications properties

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Additives. Because of their versatility, imparted via chemical modification, the appHcations of ethyleneimine encompass the entire additive sector. The addition of PEI to PVC plastisols increases the adhesion of the coatings by selective adsorption at the substrate surface (410). PEI derivatives are also used as adhesion promoters in paper coating (411). The adducts formed from fatty alcohol epoxides and PEI are used as dispersants and emulsifiers (412). They are able to control the viscosity of dispersions, and thus faciHtate transport in pipe systems (413). Eatty acid derivatives of PEI are even able to control the viscosity of pigment dispersions (414). The high nitrogen content of PEIs has a flame-retardant effect. This property is used, in combination with phosphoms compounds, for providing wood panels (415), ceUulose (416), or polymer blends (417,418) with a flame-retardant finish. 

Chemical modification of the wax can improve smear resistance (5). Sihcones, which do not harm furniture finishes (6), are incorporated as film-forming ingredients in furniture pohshes. The lubricant properties of sihcones improve ease of apphcation of the pohsh and removal of insoluble soil particles. In addition, sihcones make dry films easier to buff and more water-repeUent, and provide depth of gloss, ie, abihty to reflect a coherent image as a result of a high refractive index (7). Wax-free pohshes, which have sihcones as the only film former, can be formulated to dehver smear resistance (8). Another type of film former commonly used in oil-base furniture pohshes is a mineral or vegetable oil, eg, linseed oil. 

Chemical Modification. Chemical modification of most positions in the penicillin nucleus have been carried out and these are summarized in Table 4. Apart from acylation of 6-APA, few of these modifications have proven profitable in terms of improving the biological properties of the derived penicillins. However, one of the modifications that has led to beneficial properties is substitution at the 6a-position. 

Mixed Ether Derivatives of HEC. Several chemical modifications of HEC are commercially available. The secondary substituent is generally of low DS (or MS), and its function is to impart a desirable property lacking in HEC. 

Cellulose Derivatives. Chemical modification markedly alters the physical properties of ceUulose. Common derivatives iaclude methylceUulose ethylceUulose [9004-57-3] ptopylceUulose /7(9(93 -/ -7/, hydroxyethjlceUulose /7(9(94- 52-(97, hydtoxyptopylceUulose [9004-64-2],... 

Stmctural and chemical modification of urethane containing polymer matri-ces with macrocycles - calixarenes having reactive hydrazide groups have been carried out and stmcture, physico chemical and sensor properties of polyure-thanesemicarbazides (PUS) synthesised have been studied. The polymers obtained (on the base of polypropylene glycol MM 1000 and polysiloxane diol MM 860, hexamethylene diisocyanate and calixarene dihydrazide) are identified by IR-spectroscopy, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), DSC, WAXS and SAXS methods. 

Forms of BR and polyisobutylene. The properties of butyl rubber and polyisobutylene depend on their moleeular weight, degree of unsaturation, nature of the stabilizer incorporated during manufacture and, in some cases, chemical modification. It is common to produce halogenated forms of butyl rubber to increase polarity and to provide a reactive site for alternate cure mechanisms [6],... 

Nitrile rubber adhesives. The main application corresponds to laminating adhesives. PVC, polyvinyl acetate and other polymeric films can be laminated to several metals, including aluminium and brass, by using NBR adhesives. NBR adhesives can also be used to join medium-to-high polarity rubbers to polyamide substrates. The adhesive properties of NBR rubbers can be further improved by chemical modification using polyisocyanate or by grafting with methyl methacrylate. 

The synthesis of new polymeric materials having complex properties has recently become of great practical importance to polymer chemistry and technology. The synthesis of new materials can be prepared by either their monomers or modification of used polymers in industry. Today, polystyrene (PS), which is widely used in industrial applications as polyolefins and polyvinylchlorides, is also used for the production of plastic materials, which are used instead of metals in technology. For this reason, it is important to synthesize different PS plastic materials. Among the modification of PS, two methods can be considered, viz. physical and chemical modifications. These methods are extensively used to increase physico-mechanical properties, such as resistance to strike, air, or temperature for the synthesizing of new PS plastic materials. 

New elastic polymeric materials (resistance to higher stroke or air) can be obtained by using physical modification methods, but using this method, two phases (PS and rubber) in the mixture were formed. Small rubber particles spread as a PS layer and, after awhile, the relationship between the layers decreases and rubber particles gather in the upper layer of the materials. This can be the cause of the loss of resistance of the materials. These material disadvantages have stimulated the polymer synthesis to increase the PS resistance to higher physico-mechanical properties, such as higher temperature and stroke for the chemical modification of PS with various functional modifiers. 

PS has apolar characteristics and, thus, it is difficult to form a bond with metzils or polar materials. The adhesion capability of saturated polyhydrocarbons are dependent on the basis of polar properties of polymers [25]. Mitsu-aki and Masyasu [26] investigated the chemical modification of PS for anchoring of the carboxyl group to PS macromolecules with maleic anhydride (MA) in the presence of radiczil catalysis at 90-150°C. These authors... 

Compared to the chemical modification reactions of PS, alkylation and acylation reactions are preferred to other reactions, such as halogenation, nitrolation, sulfo-nation, amination, and chloromethylation, etc. because the obtained polyfunctional PS has higher physico-me-chanical properties. 

These observations demonstrate that the different functional groups can be attached to the aromatic ring of PS with various chemical modification conditions, and it is possible to obtain different technical properties for polymer materials. 

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