Crosslinked hydrocarbon

In addition to the vulcanization of diene hydrocarbon polymers using sulfur, other methods of crosslinking hydrocarbon polymers, which do not require a double bond and which do not use sulfur have been developed. Thus, saturated hydrocarbon polymers and, in particular, PE, are crosslinked by reactions resulting from the addition of a peroxide to the polymer at elevated temperatures (6). 

Figure 4 shows the water content of the membrane corresponds ing to various concentrations of sodium hydroxide. The extent of decrease of the water content with increase of concentration of the external solution is remarkable in comparison with the case of crosslinked hydrocarbon type cation exchange membranes. 

A very common reaction during processing is the polymerization or crosslinking reaction of thermoset materials to form a final polymeric product. This is a common, heat- induced reaction in the epoxy resins and phenol/methanal polymers discussed in this book. It is also common in mbbers undergoing vulcanization and in isocyanates undergoing transformation to urethanes. These reactions form molecules structurally similar to the crosslinked hydrocarbon shown in Figure 4. 

Ion-exchange Resins. An ion-exchange resin is made up of particles of an insoluble elastic hydrocarbon network to which is attached a large number of ionisable groups. Materials commonly used comprise synthetic ion-exchange resins made, for example, by crosslinking polystyrene to which has been attached non-... 

Caprolactam, a white solid that melts at 69°C, can be obtained either in a fused or flaked form. It is soluble in water, ligroin, and chlorinated hydrocarbons. Caprolactam s main use is to produce nylon 6. Other minor uses are as a crosslinking agent for polyurethanes, in the plasticizer industry, and in the synthesis of lysine. 

Recently, new approaches of sorbent construction for reversed-phase chromatography have been developed. Silicas modified with hydrocarbon chains have been investigated the most and broadly utilized for these aims. Silica-based materials possess sufficient stability only in the pH 2-8 range. Polymeric HPLC sorbents remove these limitations. Tweeten et al. [108] demonstrated the application of stroongly crosslinked styrene-divinylbenzene resins for reversed-phase chromatography of peptides. 

Manufacture of highly water-absorbent polymers with uniform particle size and good flowability can be carried out by reverse phase suspension polymerization of (meth)acrylic acid monomers in a hydrocarbon solvent containing crosslinker and radical initiator. Phosphoric acid monoester or diester of alka-nole or ethoxylated alkanole is used as surfactant. A polymer with water-absorbent capacity of 78 g/g polymer can be obtained [240]. 

A fluid loss additive for hard brine environments has been developed [1685], which consists of hydrocarbon, an anionic surfactant, an alcohol, a sulfonated asphalt, a biopolymer, and optionally an organophilic clay, a copolymer of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and sodium-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate. Methylene-bis-acrylamide can be used as a crosslinker [1398]. Crosslinking imparts thermal stability and resistance to alkaline hydrolysis. 

Small-particle-size cement has found a number of uses in production and injection well casing repair jobs [440]. Oil-based cement is particularly useful for water shutoff jobs, because the hydrocarbon slurry sets only in the presence of water, so the oil-producing sections of a reservoir remain relatively damage free after water shutoff. The selective water shutoff with oil-based cement also has been used with polymers crosslinked by metal crosslinkers [442,1178]. 

R. D. Sydansk. Hydrocarbon recovery process utilizing a gel prepared from a polymer and a preformed crosslinking agent. Patent US 5415229,1995. 

Thus, Andrianov et al. (26) attempted to catalyze polymerization of a number of alkyl and alkyl/aryl cyclosilazanes using catalytic amounts of KOH or other strong bases at temperatures of up to 300°C. In general, the reactions proceed with evolution of NHj, hydrocarbons and the formation of intractable, crosslinked, brittle products even at low temperatures. Contrary to what is observed with cyclotri-siloxanes, no evidence was found for the formation of linear poly-silazanes. Copolymerization of mixtures of cyclosilazanes and cyclosiloxanes gave somewhat more tractable polymers with less evolution of hydrocarbons or ammonia, however very little was done to characterize the resulting materials. 

In 1970, Monroe and Rooker(28) claimed the use of aluminum salts of acid orthophosphate esters as viscosity builders for use in fracturing fluids. The application of these materials began a new era of hydrocarbon gelling agents. Monroe(29) later claimed the use of Fe30it as a metal activator of phosphate esters and in 1971 described several other metals(30) that could be used with amine neutralization agents. Numerous metallic ionic derivatives can be used as effective "activators" or crosslinkers to prepare a gel. 

This technique has been applied to the concentration of organochlorine and organophosphorus insecticide [7,8] and various ethers, glycols amines, nitriles, hydrocarbons, and chlorinated hydrocarbons. Although this work was concerned with drinking water, it is a useful technique which may have application in seawater analysis. Cellulose acetate [9], ethyl cellulose acetate [6], and crosslinked polyethyleneinine [8] have been used as semi-permeable membranes. 

Harvey GR (1972) Absorption of chlorinated hydrocarbon from seawater by a crosslinked polymer, Woods Hole, MA, USA... 

Telechelic polymers rank among the oldest designed precursors. The position of reactive groups at the ends of a sequence of repeating units makes it possible to incorporate various chemical structures into the network (polyether, polyester, polyamide, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon, etc.). The cross-linking density can be controlled by the length of precursor chain and functionality of the crosslinker, by molar ratio of functional groups, or by addition of a monofunctional component. Formation of elastically inactive loops is usually weak. Typical polyurethane systems composed of a macromolecular triol and a diisocyanate are statistically simple and when different theories listed above are... 

A crosslinked rubber particle can be considered as a viscous hydrocarbon phase. In principle, phase transfer catalysis should apply to the chemistry of inorganic ions within such particles,... 

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