Oxidized polymer

Poly(oxyethylene) resins. See Poly(ethylene oxide) polymers. 

Poly(ethylene oxide)s [25372-68-3] are made by condensation of ethylene oxide with a basic catalyst. In order to achieve a very high molecular weight, water and other compounds that can act as chain terminators must be rigorously excluded. Polymers up to a molecular weight of 8 million are available commercially in the form of dry powders (27). These must be dissolved carefliUy using similar techniques to those used for dry polyacrylamides. Poly(ethylene oxide)s precipitate from water solutions just below the boiling point (see Polyethers, ethylene oxide polymers). 

Materials similar ia high temperature properties to the Du Pont material with better low temperature properties have been synthesized usiag direct fluofination. The first was produced by reaction of fluorine with iaexpensive hydrocarbon polyethers such as poly(ethylene oxide). In the simplest case, poly(ethylene oxide) is converted to the perfluoroethylene oxide polymer ... 

Poly(alI lene glycol)s. While these can be made from polymeri2ation of any alkylene oxide, they are usually prepared either from propylene oxide as the water-insoluble type, or as water-soluble copolymers of propylene oxide and up to 50% ethylene oxide (35,36) (see Polyethers, propylene OXIDE polymers). Current worldwide production is estimated to be about 45,000 t. 

Propylene oxide polymers, Tetrahydrofuran and oxetane polymers. 

Fig. 3. Solution viscosity vs concentration for ethylene oxide polymers (10). The molecular weight of the polymer is indicated on each curve. The dependence of the intrinsic viscosity [Tj] on molecular weight M for these polymers can be expressed by the Mark-Houwink relationship ...

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