Penetrant swelling

Similar techniques can be used to study softening and penetration, swelling by solvent and sintering. 

In each of these approaches, imaging is confined to the top of a single polymeric film by adjusting optical absorption. The penetration depth of the silylation agent and the attendant swelling of the polymer film must also be controlled to avoid distortion of the silylated image. Resists of this type are capable of very high resolution (Fig. 37). 

Methylene chloiide formulas are the most common organic chemical removers. The low molar volume of methylene chloride allows it to rapidly penetrate the finish by entering the microvoids of the finish. When the solvent teaches the substrate, the remover releases the adhesive bond between the finish and the substrate and causes the finish to swell. The result is a bhstering effect and an efficient rapid lifting action. Larger molecule solvents generally cannot... 

Similarly, polymers dissolve when a solvent penetrates the mass and replaces the interchain secondary bonds with chain-solvent secondary bonds, separating the individual chains. This cannot happen when the chains are held together by primary covalent cross-links. Thus, linear and branched polymers dissolve in appropriate solvents, whereas cross-linked polymers are insoluble, although they may be swelled considerably by absorbed solvent. 

A contusion is an injury to soft tissue in which the skin is not penetrated, but swelling of broken blood vessels causes a bmise. The bmise is caused by a blow of excessive force to muscle, tendon, or ligament tissue. A bmise, also known as a hematoma, is caused when blood coagulates around the injury causing swelling and discoloring skin. Most contusions are mild and respond well to rest, ice, compression, and elevation of the injured area. 

Solvenol monocyclic terpenes processing aid nonstaining reclaim oil and solvent swells and penetrates mbber dissolves and disperses heavy oils... 

Amines can also swell the polymer, lea ding to very rapid reactions. Pyridine, for example, would be a fairly good solvent for a VDC copolymer if it did not attack the polymer chemically. However, when pyridine is part of a solvent mixture that does not dissolve the polymer, pyridine does not penetrate into the polymer phase (108). Studies of single crystals indicate that pyridine removes hydrogen chloride only from the surface. Kinetic studies and product characterizations suggest that the reaction of two units in each chain-fold can easily take place further reaction is greatiy retarded either by the inabiUty of pyridine to diffuse into the crystal or by steric factors. 

It is possible to react an organic moiety to the hydroxyl groups on ceU waU components. This type of treatment also bulks the ceU with a permanently bonded chemical (68). Many compounds modify wood chemically. The best results are obtained by the hydroxyl groups of wood reacting under neutral or mildly alkaline conditions below 120°C. The chemical system used should be simple and must be capable of swelling the wood stmcture to facUitate penetration. The complete molecule must react quickly with wood components to yield stable chemical bonds while the treated wood retains the desirable properties of untreated wood. Anhydrides, epoxides, and isocyanates have ASE values of 60—75% at chemical weight gains of 20—30%. 

Exxon products appear to release via a unique mechanism. Like other polymer-coated technologies, the penetration of water iato the granule is purely by diffusion. However, as water enters the particle, an osmotic pressure is created as the fertilizer is solubilized. This pressure causes an expansion of the elastomeric coating and the particle swells to many times its original diameter. As the particle swells, the coating becomes increasingly thinner to the point where it caimot contain the internal pressure and the nutrient is released. 

Usually, prolonged boiling in acid water and then in alkaline water is used to stabilize NS. However, there are claims that boiling with alkaline water decreases NS stability (Ref 28). However, in a previous publication (Ref 27) these same authors claim that kler-boiling or pro-longed boiling in water or in dilute alkaline soln improves stability. Addition of substances such as epichlorohydrin that swell the NS and aid water penetration is claimed to improve stability (Ref 16)... 

The overall sorption value tends to decrease with the addition of the nanoclays. The decrease is maximum for the unmodified-clay-fiUed sample. As the ternperamre of swelling increases, the penetrant uptake increases in all the systems (Table 2.5). The rate of increase of solvent uptake is slower for the unmodified-clay-filled sample compared to the modified one. From Table 2.5 it can be seen that the values are higher for THE compared to MEK in every composite system. The higher sorption can be explained from the difference in solubility parameter of solvent and rubber (9 — 99 and polarity. The solubility parameter value of MEK, THE, and the mbber is 19.8, 18.6, and 14.8 MPa, respectively. This difference is lower (3.8 MPa ) in the case of THE than that of MEK (5.0 MPa ). 

It is essential to stress the crucial feature of CFPs, i.e. their ability to accomplish a chemical task only when they are in the swollen state. Swelling occurs when the molecules of a liquid put in touch with a cross-linked pol5mer penetrate inside the pol5mier framework (Figure 4). For gel-type CFPs, this process implies an appreciable increase of the total volume of the materials. For... 

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