Loss area

After almost 20 years of service, many leaks developed throughout the mill water supply system. Upon inspection, it was found that perforations had occurred beneath large tubercles. Some tubercles were up to 6 in. (15 cm) in diameter. Accessible pipe was water blasted to remove tubercles, and the deepest metal-loss areas (several thousand) were weld repaired. Perforations ceased. 

Table II and Figure 1 data show di-2-ethylhexyl azelate (DEHZ) has excellent low viscosity at low temperature along with good volatility properties. Figure 1 shows the DEHZ to have substantially lower volatility than DIOA and actually lower volatility than 4 cSt polyalphaolefin (PAO-4) in the initial distilled loss area of the curves. The slopes of the PAO and petroleum curves in Figure 1 indicate they are composed of a distribution of different molecular weight species, whereas the relatively flat curves of the esters indicate they are essentially composed of a single chemical species. As a result, there are little or no low molecular weight ends to increase the volatility of these diesters. Even though the PAO is a very narrow distillation cut, it is still composed of a blend of dimers, trimers, tetramers, and pentamers, and does exhibit volatility caused by the low ends as demonstrated in Figure 1.

Sonic absorption on the other hand is - for linear polymers - a typical constitutive property, dependent of temperature and frequency, for which no additivity techniques are available. For cross-linked polymers the integrated loss modulus-temperature function (the "loss area") in the glass-rubber transition zone shows additive properties. 

Sperling et al. made an important discovery, viz. that the area under the linear loss modulus-temperature curve (coined by them loss area, LA) (see Fig. 14.7) is a quantitative measure of the damping behaviour and moreover, possesses additive properties ... 

TABLE 14.6 Group contributions to molar loss area (G) (from Chang et at, 1988)... 

The corrosion rate in aqueous systems such as cooling water may be assessed by using a side stream line containing pre-weighed metal coupons. The coupons are removed at intervals, cleaned, and re-weighed. Their weight loss, area, and time of immersion are used to calculate the average corrosion rate. 

Theories of Effective Damping. If one assumes that a range of temperatures and/or frequencies will be encountered, then the area under the damping curve (E or tan 6) determines the effectiveness of the polymer better than the hight of the transition alone, see Figure 11. For E, the effective area is called the loss area, LA. This is determined after subtracting the background, as in any spectroscopic experiment. There are two theories to determine the quantity LA. 

By analogy with the solubility parameter approach, the loss area, LA, for the area under the loss modulus-temperature curve in the vicinity of the glass-rubber transition is given by (7.9j... 

The basic theory for the group contribution analysis is predicated on the assumption that the structural groups within the repeat unit contribute to the total loss area on an additive weight fraction basis (3 ). In a quantitative manner (15) ... 

While the LA is primarily a molecularly based quantity for pure materials, graphite filled IPNs and many other composite structures have been shown to exhibit greater LA s than the neat material (17). Morphological effects on the loss area are not considered by the group... 

The loss areas, LA s, obtained for the IPNs and homopolymers are comparable with the values predicted from equation (2) and Table I. Except for the crosslinked PVME homopolymer, the LA values obtained experimentally by DMS are within 10% of the values predicted by the group... 

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The difference in loss relaxation area between the amorphous C2C3 rubbers (including Vistalon 5600) and that of the amorphous phases of the semi-crystalline C2C3 rubbers is striking. It might be (one of) the reason(s) for the differences in toughening efficiency between these rubbers. Futhermore, the amorphous phase loss areas of the in-situ... 

In the same work, the damping behavior of those three component LIPNs was evaluated from the integrals of the linear loss shear modulus vs. temperature (loss area, LA) and linear tan 8 vs. temperature (tan 8 area, TA) curves measured by... 

DACBA Diallyl carbonate of bisphenol-A DMS Dynamic mechanical spectroscopy EA Ethyl acrylate EMA Ethyl methacrylate EPDM Ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer HEMA Hydroxyethyl methacrylate lENs Interpenetrating elastomer networks IPN Interpenetrating polymer network LA Loss area... 

This information allows the processor to find high pressure-loss areas, which can be modified to provide easier fiow and therefore a more robust molding process that makes acceptable parts. Lower pressure drop leads to better process control and consistency. 

In Figure 6-78, two hysteresis curves for sample 3 are shown. They were measured shortly after the start of the test, at 15 cycles, and before the end of the test, at 28,730 cycles, respectively. It is clear that the energy loss (area enclosed by the curves) becomes smaller with an increasing number of cycles. A shift of the hysteresis curve, caused by quasi-permanent set, is observed. Also, the upper and lower gradients change with increasing time under load. 

As can be seen from the TGA curve in Figure 3.21, there is an obvious weight loss between 312.5 and 381.5°C (that is the weight loss area of PMMA). The calculated total weight loss... 

Optimization of the trifunctional crosslinker (Pluracol) was performed first using combinatorial libraries such as that depicted in Figure I. Pluracol composition was varied while PCL-to-PEG weight ratio was kept constant throughout at 0.2. The desired result was minimum weight loss at less than 10% of initial weight upon immersion into aqueous solution for 3 days. This minimum weight loss area corresponds to an optimal formation of PEG crosslinks, and the ability to control PCL microdomain shape and size. 

If there is no instance where the critical angle is exceeded, then detailed examination is performed at the angle of greatest inclination within the ICDA region. While performing a detailed examination, accurate measurements of wall thickness within wall loss areas need... 

Thermal conductivity of amorphous SiC is expected to range from 3.6 to 5 W/m.K, that is significantly lower than our measured values. This probably results from the thermal conductivity of the whole implanted layer. Fig 5a shows the irradiated layer for a fluence of lO ions/cm. The amorphous area is clearly observed whereas a well ordered structure is observed in the electronic loss area no damage is detected by TEM observation in this area. As the dpa number increases (as a function of depth, fig. I), the lattice fringes are discontinuous and twisted because of the accumulation of irradiation-damages. In the peak damage region, which corresponds to the fully amorphous state under such irradiation, only a mottled contrast is observed (fig 5b). 

TEM observations have been carried out on materials irradiated at lO ions/cm. A high density of small defects with strong contrasts is observed (black dots). No such defects are detected in the electronic loss area (fig. 8). This suggests that, as observed in SiC, TEM observations do not reveal any damage in this area. However, this doesn t imply that there is no damage in the electronic loss region. 

Figure 11 Additivity of loss modulus vs. temperature areas. The loss area, L.A.y is shown to be a simple additive function for a number of acrylic/methacrylic sequential IPN s. The x axis was determined from the individual homopolymer loss modulus...

To quantify damping performance, the area imder the tan 5 or " vs temperature curves may be used. The loss area is given [250] as ... 

LA)i is the loss area contributed by the i-th group, and n represents the number of moieties in the polymer. When one attempts to calculate the (LA)j contributions, a series of simultaneous equations results with one more unknown than is the number of equations. The extra unknown is the backbone structure common to all polymers. The family of equations has the general form ... 

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