Mixtures amorphous

This compound is synthesized by the method of Sliwinski in the apparatus shown in Fig. 243. Before the reaction the apparatus is flushed with dry Hg until free of ejqilosive oxyhydrogen mixture. Amorphous boron is placed in a Vycor tube and heated to a dull red. A stream of dry, COg-free HsS is passed over the boron. Molten boron sulfide condenses close to the point where the heat has been applied (point a, Fig. 243). Upon cooling, the material becomes transparent. Further downstream, at b, porcelainlike sulfide forms, while crystalline B3S3 forms at o. TTie sublimation zone should not be cooled or the ciystals will not be well formed. A steady stream of HgS is maintained throughout the entire reaction and controlled to give a flow of approximately 3 liters/hour. 

This chapter is devoted to various physical structures and transitions that occur in polymer systems. It covers simple binary polymer mixtures, amorphous polymers, and crystalline polymers, and discusses briefly diblock copolymers, liquid crystal (LC) polymers, and gels. 

A mixture of polymethylene glycols of the type (CH20) ,xH20 where n is 6- 50. It is a white, amorphous powder having the odour of meth-anal, m.p. I20-130°C. The commercial product contains 95% methanal and is obtained in while flocculent masses when solutions of methanal are evaporated or allowed to stand. When heated it is converted to methanal. Used as a convenient solid substitute for methanal. 

Figure 4.7 Various representations of the properties of a mixture of crystalline and amorphous polymer, (a) The monitored property is characteristic of the crystal and varies linearly with 0. (b) The monitored property is characteristic of the mixture and varies linearly with 0 between and P, . (c) X-ray intensity is measured with the sharp and broad peaks being P. and P., respectively.

Standard polyester fibers contain no reactive dye sites. PET fibers are typically dyed by diffusiag dispersed dyestuffs iato the amorphous regions ia the fibers. Copolyesters from a variety of copolymeri2able glycol or diacid comonomers open the fiber stmcture to achieve deep dyeabiHty (7,28—30). This approach is useful when the attendant effects on the copolyester thermal or physical properties are not of concern (31,32). The addition of anionic sites to polyester usiag sodium dimethyl 5-sulfoisophthalate [3965-55-7] has been practiced to make fibers receptive to cationic dyes (33). Yams and fabrics made from mixtures of disperse and cationicaHy dyeable PET show a visual range from subde heather tones to striking contrasts (see Dyes, application and evaluation). 

When the reaction mixtures are prepared from colloidal siUca sol or amorphous siUca, additional 2eohtes may form which do not readily crystalline from the homogeneous sodium siUcate—alurninosiUcate gels. The temperature strongly influences the crystallization time of even the most reactive gels for example, zeoHte X crystallizes in 800 h at 25°C and in 6 h at 100°C. 

Selective Toluene Disproportionation. Toluene disproportionates over ZSM-5 to benzene and a mixture of xylenes. Unlike this reaction over amorphous sihca—alumina catalyst, ZSM-5 produces a xylene mixture with increased -isomer content compared with the thermodynamic equihbtium. Chemical modification of the zeohte causing the pore diameter to be reduced produces catalysts that achieve almost 100% selectivity to -xylene. This favorable result is explained by the greatly reduced diffusivity of 0- and / -xylene compared with that of the less bulky -isomer. For the same reason, large crystals (3 llm) of ZSM-5 produce a higher ratio of -xyleneitotal xylenes than smaller crystahites (28,57). 

The only clearly defined crystalline compositions are three forms of phosphoric acid and hemihydrate, pyrophosphoric acid, and crystalline P O q. The phosphoric acids obtained in highly concentrated solutions or by mixing phosphoric acid with phosphoms pentoxide are members of a continuous series of amorphous (excluding [Y OO]) condensed phosphoric acid mixtures. Mixtures having more than 86% P2O5 contain some cyclic metaphosphoric... 

Only a few commercial uses for TDA per se have been found. In epoxy curing appHcations, 2,4- I DA has been used as a component of a eutectic mixture with short chain aUphatic glycidal ether resins (46) as well as by itself (46,47) TDA (46) and single isomers (47) are also used as amine curatives. TDA can be used as a chain extender in polyurethanes (48,49). TDA is cited as a monomer in making aromatic polymers with unique properties, eg, amorphous polyamides (50), powdered polyamides (51), and low melting, whoUy aromatic polyamides (52). 

Analytical and Test Methods. In addition to the modem spectroscopic methods of detection and identification of pyrroles, there are several chemical tests. The classical Runge test with HCl yields pyrrole red, an amorphous polymer mixture. In addition, all pyrroles with a free a- or P-position or with groups, eg, ester, that can be converted to such pyrroles under acid conditions undergo the Ehrlich reaction with p-(dimethylamino)henzaldehyde to give purple products. 

Insoluble Sulfur. In natural mbber compounds, insoluble sulfur is used for adhesion to brass-coated wire, a necessary component in steel-belted radial tires. The adhesion of mbber to the brass-plated steel cord during vulcanization improves with high sulfur levels ( 3.5%). Ordinary rhombic sulfur blooms at this dose level. Crystals of sulfur on the surface to be bonded destroy building tack and lead to premature failure of the tire. Rubber mixtures containing insoluble sulfur must be kept cool (<100°C) or the amorphous polymeric form converts to rhombic crystals. 

The increased acidity of the larger polymers most likely leads to this reduction in metal ion activity through easier development of active bonding sites in siUcate polymers. Thus, it could be expected that interaction constants between metal ions and polymer sdanol sites vary as a function of time and the sihcate polymer size. The interaction of cations with a siUcate anion leads to a reduction in pH. This produces larger siUcate anions, which in turn increases the complexation of metal ions. Therefore, the metal ion distribution in an amorphous metal sihcate particle is expected to be nonhomogeneous. It is not known whether this occurs, but it is clear that metal ions and siUcates react in a complex process that is comparable to metal ion hydrolysis. The products of the reactions of soluble siUcates with metal salts in concentrated solutions at ambient temperature are considered to be complex mixtures of metal ions and/or metal hydroxides, coagulated coUoidal size siUca species, and siUca gels. 

Total sugar products are also produced by dehydrating hydroly2ate to a mixture of crystals and amorphous glass. This product is not produced in significant quantities in the United States or Europe but is popular in Japan and Korea where it represents 40—50% of total crystalline dextrose sold (14). 

HemiceUulose is a mixture of amorphous branched-chain polysaccharides consisting of a few hundred sugar residues. They are easily hydrolyzed to monomeric sugars and uronic and acetic acids. Many different hemiceUuloses have been isolated from wood. 

Percent Crystallinity. For samples that consist of a mixture of crystalline and amorphous material, it is possible to determine the percent of crystallinity by measuring the integrated intensity of sharp Bragg reflections and the integrated intensity of the very broad regions due to the amorphous scattering. 

The hydroxides as precipitated are amorphous, but if they are refluxed ia a neutral or slightly acidic solution they convert to a mixture of cubic and monoclinic hydrous zirconia crystaUites on continued refluxing, only the monoclinic form persists (196). If the refluxing is conducted in an alkaline solution, metastable cubic zirconia is formed (197). 

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