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Figure 9 shows an example for application in the lower density range. The gradient system consists of mixtures of HpO and DpO with methanol. The sample under investigation is a mixture of a normal and an additionally cross-linked poly(butadiene) latex. The particle density is not uniform. The normal poly-(butadiene) has particle densities as expected around 0.89 g cm 3, but for the additionally cross-linked poly(butadiene) density values between 0.9 and 0.92 g cm-3 are obtained. Additional cross-linking yields obviously higher particle densities. In this case the experiment needs 30 min. 

The mechanical properties of a craze were first investigated by Kambour who measured the stress-strain curves of crazes in polycarbonate (Lexan, M = 35000) which had first been grown across the whole cross-section of the specimen in a liquid environment and subsequently dried. Figure 25 gives examples of the stress-strain curves of the craze determined after the 1st and 5th tensile loading cycle and in comparison the tensile behavior of the normal polymer. The craze becomes more and more elastic in character with increasing load cycles and its behavior has been characterized as similar to that of an opencell polymer foam. When completely elastic behavior is observed the apparent craze modulus is 25 % that of the normal poly-... 

Carbohydrates are aldehyde or ketone oxidation products of normal poly-hydroxy alcohols of the same number of carbon atoms, in which one carbon group only is oxidized to aldehyde or ketone, the aldehyde group being the end carbon group and the ketone group being next to the end. 

The main function of metal deactivators (MD) is to retard efficiently metal-catalyzed oxidation of polymers. Polymer contact with metals occur widely, for example, when certain fillers, reinforcements, and pigments are added to polymers, and, more importantly when polymers, such as polyolefins and PVC, are used as insulation materials for copper wires and power cables (copper is a pro-oxidant since it accelerates the decomposition of hydroperoxides to free radicals, which initiate polymer oxidation). The deactivators are normally poly functional chelating compounds with ligands containing atoms like N, O, S, and P (e.g., see Table 1, AOs 33 and 34) that can chelate with metals and decrease their catalytic activity. Depending on their chemical structures, many metal deactivators also function by other antioxidant mechanisms, e.g., AO 33 contains the hindered phenol moiety and would also function as CB-D antioxidants. 

Work on improving the thermal resistance and particularly the resistance to carbonization (short circuiting of layers of enameled wires under the influence of temperature) via special glycols led to diphenols [29,30]. Diphenols are not reactive under the conditions of a normal poly(ester-imide) synthesis. In synthesis the lower aliphatic diesters of diphenols were used [29-32]. The use of acid chlorides in the polyester reaction with aromatic OH-groups was also protected by patents [33-35] but it seems unlikely that this reaction was performed on the production scale. 

We now turn to the chapter by Cernak, Monninger and Kratschmer [55] on small carbon molecules, i.e. species with the formula C for small values of n without any accompanying affixed groups or additional atoms. Acknowledging that there are a variety of possible structures for most n, nonetheless we will assume that the chemistry at 298 K is dominated by the linear structures, C=C , C=C=C , and C=C=C=C . If these compounds are assumed to be normal (poly)olefinic hydrocarbons (except for lacking hydrogen, of course), we should think that the following transformations to form the even more normal (poly)olefinic hydrocarbons, CjHt, would have very nearly the same reaction enthalpies ... 

The addition of the conjugated pol5mier PANl and polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSA) also increased the charge density of the solution and assisted the fabrication of homogeneous nanofibers at lower than normal poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) concentrations in DMF. 

Figure 4.33. Light scattering patterns obtained after quenching an initially homogeneous mixture of deuterated and normal poly-1,4-butadiene into the two-phase region of the phase diagram. Times after quenching to 322 K are A, 200 s O, 5300 s o, 9800 s , 17 600 s , 46 300 s and A, 84 700 s. After Bates and Wiltzius (1989).

Figure 5.5. The surface enrichment profile (solid line) of deuterated poly(ethylene propylene) at the surface of a blend with normal poly(ethylene propylene), measured by neutron reflectivity. The degree of polymerisation of each component was 2250 and the sample was annealed at 70 °C. The depth is normalised by the bulk correlation length and the dashed line is the prediction of equation (5.1.11). After Norton et al. (1995).

Normally, poly(vinyl alcohol) contains about 1-2% head-to-head linkages. In these studies, it was found that the proportion of head-to-head links formed increased with polymerization temperature, as would be expected on steric and energetic grounds. 

Aqueous polymer quenchants [solutions composed of water and a polymer—normally poly(alkylene glycol) or PAG] have recently been developed that provide quenching rates between those of water and oil. The quenching rate can be tailored to specific requirements by changing polymer concentration and qnench bath temperature. 

Droscher et al prepared chemically similar poly(oxymethylene)-based copolymers (with 1,3-dioxalane, 1,3-dioxane, 1,3-dioxepane and 1,3,6-trioxocane as respective comonomers) which were of extended crystal form and presumed to be completely crystalline. For this series of copolymers, the melting temperature-composition relation at low co-unit content depended on the chemical nature of the comonomer used. The characteristic curve observed by Inoue " was not found. It was presumed that an appreciable concentration of co-units enter the lattice. An interesting feature developed at higher co-unit concentration. Depending on the co-unit type, the melting temperatures became invariant with composition, while the normal poly(oxymethylene) unit cell was maintained. 

Mitsoulis, E., Valchopoulos, J. and Mirza, F. A., 1985. A numerical study of the effect of normal stresses and elongational viscosity on entry vortex growth and extrudate swell. Poly. Eng. Sci. 25, 677 -669. 

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons undergo electrophilic aromatic substitution when treated with the same reagents that react with benzene In general polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are more reactive than benzene Most lack the symmetry of benzene how ever and mixtures of products may be formed even on monosubstitution Among poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons we will discuss only naphthalene and that only briefly Two sites are available for substitution m naphthalene C 1 and C 2 C 1 being normally the preferred site of electrophilic attack... 

About half of the wodd production comes from methanol carbonylation and about one-third from acetaldehyde oxidation. Another tenth of the wodd capacity can be attributed to butane—naphtha Hquid-phase oxidation. Appreciable quantities of acetic acid are recovered from reactions involving peracetic acid. Precise statistics on acetic acid production are compHcated by recycling of acid from cellulose acetate and poly(vinyl alcohol) production. Acetic acid that is by-product from peracetic acid [79-21-0] is normally designated as virgin acid, yet acid from hydrolysis of cellulose acetate or poly(vinyl acetate) is designated recycle acid. Indeterrninate quantities of acetic acid are coproduced with acetic anhydride from coal-based carbon monoxide and unknown amounts are bartered or exchanged between corporations as a device to lessen transport costs. 

Uses. Phthabc anhydride is used mainly in plasticizers, unsaturated polyesters, and alkyd resins (qv). PhthaUc plasticizers consume 54% of the phthahc anhydride in the United States (33). The plasticizers (qv) are used mainly with poly(vinyl chloride) to produce flexible sheet such as wallpaper and upholstery fabric from normally rigid polymers. The plasticizers are of two types diesters of the same monohydric alcohol such as dibutyl phthalate, or mixed esters of two monohydric alcohols. The largest-volume plasticizer is di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate [117-81-7] which is known commercially as dioctyl phthalate (DOP) and is the base to which other plasticizers are compared. The important phthahc acid esters and thek physical properties are Hsted in Table 12. The demand for phthahc acid in plasticizers is naturally tied to the growth of the flexible poly(vinyl chloride) market which is large and has been growing steadily. 

All these polyesters are produced by bacteria in some stressed conditions in which they are deprived of some essential component for thek normal metabohc processes. Under normal conditions of balanced growth the bacteria utilizes any substrate for energy and growth, whereas under stressed conditions bacteria utilize any suitable substrate to produce polyesters as reserve material. When the bacteria can no longer subsist on the organic substrate as a result of depletion, they consume the reserve for energy and food for survival or upon removal of the stress, the reserve is consumed and normal activities resumed. This cycle is utilized to produce the polymers which are harvested at maximum cell yield. This process has been treated in more detail in a paper (71) on the mechanism of biosynthesis of poly(hydroxyaIkanoate)s. 

The anodized surface is often subjected to additional treatment before the radiation-sensitive coating is appHed. The use of aqueous sodium siUcate is well known and is claimed to improve the adhesion of diazo-based compositions ia particular (62), to reduce aluminum metal-catalyzed degradation of the coating, and to assist ia release after exposure and on development. Poly(viQyl phosphonic acid) (63) and copolymers (64) are also used. SiUcate is normally employed for negative-workiag coatings but rarely for positive ones. The latter are reported (65) to benefit from the use of potassium flu o r o zirc onate. 

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