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The chemical pretreatment methods mentioned are mostly used for TPOs, but in some cases can also be effective when used on polyamide (PA), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), or other crystalline polymers, as well as some blends like poly(phenylene oxide)/polyamide (PPO/PA), are flamed. As a possible future trend, research is currently underway (plasma polymerization) attempting to combine a pretreatment for adhesion and to provide the surface conductivity on necessary on plastic parts for acceptable electrostatic application (15). 

In the work of Uchida et al., using the mutual (simultaneous) irradiation method in the absence of a photosensitizer, polyacrylamide has been grafted onto the surface of a poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) film so as to enhance the low water wettability of PET [85], The PET film immersed in a 10wt% deaerated solution of acrylamide in water has turned out to be very hydrophilic upon UV irradiation. A pretreatment with benzyl alcohol was carried out to increase the monomer diffusion into the PET matrix, also increasing the grafting efficiency. 

By Chemical Modification. Stabilization by chemical pretreatment with organotins (22,23,24,25) has been discussed already. Pretreatment studies with other reagents have been reviewed briefly (22), and improved stability is now also said to result from the prior reaction of PVC with maleic anhydride (92). Kennedy s interesting work on stabilization reactions of organoaluminums (93) has been continued by a report of enhanced stability (compared with that of ordinary PVC) for poly (vinyl chloride-g-styrene) obtained from the Et2AlCl-induced reaction of PVC and styrene monomer (94). Selective destruction of defect sites seems a plausible explanation for this result (94), but improved stability has been observed also for the PVC parts of PVC-polystyrene blends (53,95,96) and for the PVC moieties of poly (vinyl chloride-g-styrene )s prepared by alternative methods (95,96,97). 

For poly-isotopic elements like Pd, ID constitutes a further option for quantification. For ID, an isotope enriched spike is added to the sample, allowing the determination of the analyte content by measuring the isotope ratio of the spiked sample. One of the key features of the method is that the result is unaffected by instrumental signal drifts or analyte losses occurring after ID. Since total or reproducible analyte recovery is often problematic in trace and ultra trace analysis, ID is well suited for this task, especially if extensive sample pretreatment is employed (Heumann 2004). 

Glass transitions involve mainly the onset or freezing of cooperative, large-amplitude motion and can be studied using thermal analysis. Temperature-modulated calorimetry, TMC, is a new technique that permits to measure the apparent, fiequency-dependent heat capacity. The method is described and a quasi-isodiermal measurement method is used to derive kinetic parameters of the glass transitions of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and polystyrene. A first-order kinetics expression can describe the approach to equilibrium and points to the limits caused by asymmetry and cooperativity of the kinetics. Activation energies vary from 75 to 350 kJ/mol, dependent on thermal pretreatment. The preexponential factor is, however, correlated with the activation energy. 

The metal parts for treatment must also be roughed or pretreated with primer for flame spraying. The granulated thermoplasts are then melted in a flame-spraying gun and sprayed onto heated metal surfaces. The method is particularly suitable for small numbers of pieces. Poly(ethylene), PVC, cellulose esters, and epoxy resins are processed in this way. 

The morphology of the polymer has, at times, a profound effect on its conductivity or electron-transfer characteristics. When a uniform layer with a small grain size is desired, pretreatment of the electrode surface with acid before electropolymerization has been proven to be effective in the deposition of polypyrrole( toluene sulfonate) on mild steel (S), while the aqueous method for production of poly-3-methylthiophene from acidic aqueous solution mentioned above also has the benefit of producing very uniform (3-4 pm) particles (4J. Uniformity in grain size is also a function of die deposition method. For both 3-methyl thiophene and for ppolypyrrole, use of a brief potential step in the presence of sinall anionic species for production of the polymer has r ulted in a production of a dense, uniform film (9, lOJ, A very thin uniform layer of polymer with an poly (N-phenylpyrrole) sur ce has been obtained by electropolymerization of 4-... 

Remelli et al. (168) described a selector based on histidine. With this chiral selector L-hr-n-decylhistidine (Fig. 5(c)) the simultaneous enantiomeric separation of D,L-tiyptophan and D,L-phe-nylalanine was successfully performed on hydrophobic layers with MeOH-acetonitrile-THF-water (7.3 5.9 33.9 52.9, v/v/v/v) as eluent. Sinibaldi et al. (165) resolved D,L-dansyl amino acids on reversed phase TLC plates pretreated with a copper -complex of poly-L-phenylalanine amide (Fig. 5 (d)). The polymeric ligand was synthesized by the reaction of optically active amide with ethylene glycol diglycyl ether. The method makes use of a sophisticated liquid chroinatogr q)h for obtaining the desired polymer fraction which is subsequently used for the LEC, and this might limit the application of the separation procedure. However, a simple method is performed by Bhushan et al. (169). Here L-proline was used as a chiral selector on normal phase silica gel (169) and amino acids were resolved with the eluent systems n-butanol-acetonitrile-water (6 2 3, vWv), chloroform-meth-anol-propionic acid (15 6 4, v/v/v) and acetonitrile-methanol-water (2 2 1, v/v/v). 

Lamas et al. [82] proposed a FI A turbidimetric method for cyclamate determination without sample pretreatment. The method is based on oxidation of the sulfamic group that is present in cyclamates to sulfate by using nitrite in acid medium. Afterwards, the sulfate ion is precipitated with barium in the presence of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) in perchloric acid solution, at 30 C. The analytical signal was measured at 420 nm. 

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