Maximum efficiency polymers

Some typical applications in SFE of polymer/additive analysis are illustrated below. Hunt et al. [333] found that supercritical extraction of DIOP and Topanol CA from ground PVC increased with temperature up to 90 °C at 45 MPa, then levelled off, presumably as solubility became the limiting factor. The extraction of DOP and DBP plasticisers from PVC by scC02 at 52 MPa increased from 50 to 80 °C, when extraction was almost complete in 25 min [336]. At 70 °C the amount extracted increased from 79 to 95 % for pressures from 22 to 60 MPa. SFE has the potential to shorten extraction times for traces (<20ppm) of additives (DBP and DOP) in flexible PVC formulations with similar or even better extraction efficiencies compared with traditional LSE techniques [384]. Marin et al. [336] have used off-line SFE-GC to determine the detection limits for DBP and DOP in flexible PVC. The method developed was compared with Soxhlet liquid extraction. At such low additive concentrations a maximum efficiency in the extractive process and an adequate separative system are needed to avoid interferences with other components that are present at high concentrations in the PVC formulations, such as DINP. Results obtained... 

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To summarize, for the complete analysis of complex polymers a minimum of two different characterization methods must be used. It is most desirable that each method is sensitive towards a specific type of heterogeneity. Maximum efficiency can be expected when, similar to the two-dimensional distribution in properties, two-dimensional analytical techniques are used. A possible approach in this respect is the coupling of different chromatographic modes in... 

Some authors claim that in polymers, recombination occurs between free charged polarons, so that the maximum efficiency corresponds to the internal quantum efficiency, ri t the number of photons emitted for every electron injected), as given by... 

The removal of residual volatile components from polymers is an operation of some importance in the plastics industry. A generalized, although somewhat idealized, model for continuous, wiped-film devolatilization of viscous polymer melts is presented which relates devolatilization capability to important geometry, < perating, and fluid property variables. The applicability and limitations of the model are analyzed experimentally. The data support many aspects of the theory, but also reveal certain deficiencies in the model which should be considered in designing for maximum efficiency. 

There are several factors that determine the efficiency of an LED. Maximum efficiency can only be achieved through balanced electron and hole currents. If one carrier type is injected much more efficiently and drifts in the applied electric field with higher mobility than the other, then many of the majority carriers will traverse the entire polymer layer without recombining with a minority carrier. As shown in Fig. 4.7, this problem can be minimized by carefully choosing appropriate electrodes so that the Fermi level of the anode is dose in energy to the top of the Jt-band and the Fermi level of the cathode is close in energy to the bottom of the jt -band. With such well-matched electrodes, both carriers are injected efficiently. 

Exposure of polyolefins to UV radiation in the presence of air leads to autoxidative reactions with the incorporation of oxygenated groups into the polymer. The increase in UV absorbance (measured at 310 mn) of irradiated polypropylene is reported to be too low to measure for wavelengths of irradiation in the range of 260-600 nm. Even at 260 nm, only a minimal increase was observed [121], For polypropylene containing flame retardants, either DBDE (decabromodiphenyl oxide) or TBA (tetrabromobisphenol A) at a 2% level, the maximum efficiency of chain scission was observed at X. = 280 and 260 nm, respectively. 

New 4 pm, polymer ion exchange columns have maximum efficiency and minimum operating pressure for HPLC ion and liquid chromatography applications. 

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