Polyamide effect

Fig 5. Polymerization of acrylic add by vibromilling a frozen solution of polyamide. Effect of inhibitor content on conversion (29)... 

Fig. 8. Polymerization of vinyl monomers by vibromilling polyamide. Effect of monomer concentration on yielding 1) styrene 2) acrylonitrile (13)...

Fig. 5.6 Polymerization of vinyl chloride by vibromilling polyamide effect of temperature on (1) graft PVC amount (2) free homopolymer amount [53].

Polyamides. The next two compounds are the amide counterparts of the esters listed under item (4). Although the values of AH j are less for the amides than for the esters, the values of T j, are considerably higher. This is a consequence of the very much lower values of AS j for the amides. These, in turn, are attributed to the low entropies of the amide in the liquid state owing to the effects of hydrogen bonding and chain stiffness arising from the contribution of the resonance form... 

When drawdown is high, the film may be uniaxially oriented and the properties of the final film isotropic. In the manufacture of strapping tape this effect is accentuated. If the cast or quenched film is to be used to feed an orientation tine, additional attention must be given to the amorphous—crystalline nature of the film ia the draw processes so that maximum strength can be achieved and uniform gauge and optical quality maintained. Slot casting is used for the orientation of these resins, polyesters, polyamides, and a variety of others. 

Dyes, application and evaluation). Foi dyeing fibei blends such as viscose—polyamide, polyamide—Spandex, oi polyestei—cotton, only compatible FWAs may be used that do not inteifeie with one another oi have any detrimental effect on fastness properties. 

Other. 2-Nitro-1-butanol is an excellent solvent for many polyamide resins, cellulose acetate butyrate, and ethylceUulose. It can be utilized in paint removers for epoxy-based coatings. 2-Hydroxymethyl-2-nitro-l,3-propanediol is usebil for control of odors in chemical toilets. Its slow release of formaldehyde ensures prolonged action to control odor, and there is no reodorant problem which sometimes is associated with the use of free formaldehyde. 2-Hydroxymethyl-2-nitro-l,3-propanediol solutions are effective preservative and embalming fluids. The slow Uberation of formaldehyde permits thorough penetration of the tissues before hardening. 

Phosphoric acid [7664-38-2] and its derivatives are effective catalysts for this reaction (60). Reverse alcoholysis and acidolysis can, in principle, also be used to produce polyamides, and the conversion of esters to polyamides through their reaction within diamines, reverse alcoholysis, has been demonstrated (61). In the case of reverse acidolysis, the acid by-product is usually less volatile than the diamine starting material. Thus, this route to the formation of polyamide is not likely to yield a high molecular weight polymer. 

Lewis acids, such as the haUde salts of the alkaline-earth metals, Cu(I), Cu(II), 2inc, Fe(III), aluminum, etc, are effective catalysts for this reaction (63). The ammonolysis of polyamides obtained from post-consumer waste has been used to cleave the polymer chain as the first step in a recycle process in which mixtures of nylon-6,6 and nylon-6 can be reconverted to diamine (64). The advantage of this approach Hes in the fact that both the adipamide [628-94-4] and 6-aminohexanoamide can be converted to hexarnethylenediarnine via their respective nitriles in a conventional two-step process in the presence of the diamine formed in the original ammonolysis reaction, thus avoiding a difficult and cosdy separation process. In addition, the mixture of nylon-6,6 and nylon-6 appears to react faster than does either polyamide alone. 

Transamidation is an important process in the melt phase for polyamides because it is usually the process by which an equiUbrium molecular weight distribution is reestabUshed and, in the case of the melt blending of two or more polyamides to form a copolymer, it is the process by which randomi2ation of the individual monomers along the chain is effected. In the soHd phase, chain mobiUty is restricted and equiUbrium in either case often is not achieved. 

The generation of color during photooxidation, known as photoyeUowing, has long been recognized as a source of color in nylon-6,6 and nylon-6 (115). This effect has been shown to occur in all aUphatic polyamides at wavelengths between 320 and 350 nm (116) (Fig. 7). The chemical nature of the yeUow chromophore has not been identified. 

Because of the capacity to tailor select polymer properties by varying the ratio of two or more components, copolymers have found significant commercial appHcation in several product areas. In fiber-spinning, ie, with copolymers such as nylon-6 in nylon-6,6 or the reverse, where the second component is present in low (<10%) concentration, as well as in other comonomers with nylon-6,6 or nylon-6, the copolymers are often used to control the effect of sphemUtes by decreasing their number and probably their size and the rate of crystallization (190). At higher ratios, the semicrystalline polyamides become optically clear, amorphous polymers which find appHcations in packaging and barrier resins markets (191). 

Fig. 1. Effect of amide frequency on the melting points of AB-type (x ) and AABB-type ( ) polyamides. The numbers on the curves indicate the specific...

The principal worldwide manufacturers of nylon resins are given in Table 6. Total sales of nylon plastics in the United States and Canada in 1993 were 331,000 metric tons (37). West European sales were 352,000 t and Japanese sales 220,000 t (37). Figure 7 shows how sales in the United States have steadily increased since 1967 (38) and also how the price of nylon-6,6 has changed (39). The effect of the oil price rises, the boom of the mid-1980s, as well as the oil price reduction and the recession that followed are clearly evident. Table 7 shows the variation of price across different polyamide types. 

The reverse reaction is an intramolecular acidolysis of amide group by the o-carboxyhc acid to reform anhydride and amine. This unique feature is the result of an ortho neighboring effect. In contrast, the acylation of an amine with ben2oic anhydride is an irreversible reaction under the same reaction conditions. The poly(amic acid) stmcture (8) can be considered as a class of polyamides. Aromatic polyamides that lack ortho carboxylic groups are very... 

Substituted amides (not of the alkanolamide variety) are sold to diverse low volume markets. They have some utility ki polymers such as polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, acryUc polymers, PVC, polyamides, and polyesters. They have been found effective as pharmaceutical processkig aids, defoamers (qv), antimicrobials, pesticides, kisect repellents, dispersion stabilizers, and corrosion inhibitors. 

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