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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. 

Two factors emerged to turn the focus of durable press the discovery that incorporation of a level of nylon or polyester in the fabric can substantially increase the garments abrasion resistance, and the reali2ation that the marketplace preferred cotton—polyester blends in delayed cure operations, even though 85% cotton—15% nylon fabric yields a suitable product. The 50% cotton—50% polyester fabric seemed particularly appropriate because it contained sufficient ceUulosic to benefit from a chemical finish and sufficient synthetic to provide strength and abrasion resistance. 

Glass fibres are the preferred form of reinforcement for polyester resins since they provide the strongest laminates. Fabrics from other fibres may, however, be used and can in some instances provide adequate reinforcement at lower cost. Glass fibres are available in a number of forms, of which the following are the most important ... 

The 1988 Consumer Safety Regulations depart from the principle of testing composites because they essentially test individual materials in a standard manner although the composite BS 5852 test is used. Thus flame retarded fabrics and interliners are tested with a specified standard PU foam and polyurethane foams and other fillings are tested with a specified flame retarded polyester fabric. It is understood that this... 

They are fabricated from a variety of inorganic, organic, and naturally occurring materials and generally contain pores that are greater than 50—100 A in diameter. Materials such as nonwoven fibers (e.g. nylon, cotton, polyesters, glass), polymer films (e.g. polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), poly(tetrafluo-roethylene) (PTFE), poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC)), and naturally occurring substances (e.g. rubber, asbestos, wood) have been used for microporous separators in batteries that operate at ambient and low temperatures (<100 °C). The microporous polyolefins (PP, PE, or laminates of PP and PE) are widely used in lithium based nonaqueous batteries (section 6.1), and filled polyethylene separators in lead-acid batteries (section 7.3), respectively. 

NADH can be readily monitored electrochemically, and can be used as a simple and effective method to monitor metal ion concentrations. Such an approach has been recently utilised by Rodriguez et al. [149] for an SPCE-based biosensor for the amperometric detection of Hg2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, Zn+ and Pb2+. Devices used in this study were printed onto 250 pm thick polyester sheet. The working electrode (planar area 0.16 cm2) was fabricated from a commercially available carbon powder containing 5% rhodium plus promoters, which was made into a screen-printable paste by mixing 1 4 in 2.5% (w/v) hydroxyethyl cellulose in water. The reference electrode ink contained 15% silver chloride in silver paste. The counter electrode and basal tracks were fabricated... 

Practically all synthetic fibers can be printed with disperse dyes. Cationic dyes are used preferentially for acrylic fibers, and acid dyes and metal-complex dyes can be used for prints on polyamide fibers. The importance of printing with disperse dyes and the relative amount of different man-made fibers used for prints varies according to fashion and local requirements. Polyester fabrics alone or in combination with cotton are the most important. After precleaning, fabrics made from synthetic fibers must be heat-set to achieve dimensional stability and crease resistance. The usual setting conditions are 20-30 s at 190-210°C, and for texturized articles about 30°C lower. 

Hexadecane Studies. Figure 2 also indicates that the removal of low viscosity liquid soils such as hexadecane (Cj6) is difficult to monitor with this spectroscopic approach because of the rapidity of removal. The run performed with surfactant-free water, however, indicates that a stable C16-water interface is achieved after 5 minutes. The somewhat hydrophobic ZnSe surface of the IRE can be considered a reasonable model of the polyester fabric surface. Water alone cannot completely clean the C16 from the surface, indicating a significant adhesion energy of hydrocarbon to the ZnSe. 

In figure 9 we see an 80 microgram sample of Burlington polyester fabric (textured fiber cut from a pick on a pair of double-knit slacks). Even in this small sample the processing temperature is apparent, and the double peak on the initial run indicates the material as polyester. The rerun after program cooling reveals a single peak and a flat pretransition baseline. 

Cyclic oligomeric phosphonates with the varying degrees of structural complexity (Structure 5.4) are also available in the market.25 They are widely used as flame-retardant finishes for polyester fabrics. After the phosphonate is applied from an aqueous solution, the fabric is heated to swell and soften the fibers, thus allowing the phosphonate to be absorbed and strongly held. It is also a useful retardant in polyester resins, polyurethanes, polycarbonates, polyamide-6, and in textile back coatings. A bicyclic pentaerythritol phosphate has been more recently introduced into the market for use in thermosets as well as for polyolefins (preferably, in combination with melamine or ammonium polyphosphate)... 

Poly(amino acids) are insoluble in common solvents, are difficult to fabricate due to high melting point, and absorb a significant amount of water when their acid content reaches over 50 mol%. To solve these problems, polyesters derived from amino acids and lactic acids [e.g., poly (lactic acid-co-lysine) PLAL] are developed. The PLAL system is further modified by reaction with lysine A-carboxyanhydride derivatives. Another modification of poly(amino acids) includes poly(iminocarbon-ates), which are derived from the polymerization of desaminotyrosyl tyrosine alkyl esters. These polymers are easily processable and can be used as support materials for cell growth due to a high tissue compatibility. Mechanical properties of tyrosine-derived poly(carbonates) are in between those of poly(orthoesters) and poly(lactic acid) or poly(gly-colic acid). The rate of degradation of poly(iminocarbonates) is similar to that of poly (lactic acid). 

We have so far given the impression that all polymers are formed fully armed, as it were, from monomers already having the correct functionality. This is, indeed, often the case because it can be very difficult to persuade polymers to carry out any reactions—reagents cannot penetrate their interiors, Polyester fabrics can be washed without any of the ester linkages being hydrolysed in the washing machine because the water cannot penetrate the fibres. However, some useful reactions, including ester hydrolysis, can be carried out on complete polymers,... 

A phase separation technique, using solvent and subsequent swelling, has been described to separate PVC from polyester fabric, primarily to recycle the fabric (340,355). A technique for recycling PVC coated glass fibre fabric has been described, based on compression or injection moulding, with addition of an acid absorber (hydrotalcite) (49). 

Figure la. Tensile fracture of a polyester type 54 fiber taken from a heat-set polyester fabric. Sample was fractured at 65% rh and 21 °C (2,665X). 

Figure 11a. Fibers present in a worn portion of a polyester fabric taken from a child s sleepwear (2210X).

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