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Interfdci l Composite Membra.nes, A method of making asymmetric membranes involving interfacial polymerization was developed in the 1960s. This technique was used to produce reverse osmosis membranes with dramatically improved salt rejections and water fluxes compared to those prepared by the Loeb-Sourirajan process (28). In the interfacial polymerization method, an aqueous solution of a reactive prepolymer, such as polyamine, is first deposited in the pores of a microporous support membrane, typically a polysulfone ultrafUtration membrane. The amine-loaded support is then immersed in a water-immiscible solvent solution containing a reactant, for example, a diacid chloride in hexane. The amine and acid chloride then react at the interface of the two solutions to form a densely cross-linked, extremely thin membrane layer. This preparation method is shown schematically in Figure 15. The first membrane made was based on polyethylenimine cross-linked with toluene-2,4-diisocyanate (28). The process was later refined at FilmTec Corporation (29,30) and at UOP (31) in the United States, and at Nitto (32) in Japan. 

Because almost any diacid can be leaddy converted to the acid chloride, this reaction is quite versatile and several variations have been developed. In the interfacial polymerization method the reaction occurs at the boundary of two phases one contains a solution of the acid chloride in a water-immiscible solvent and the other is a solution of the diamine in water with an inorganic base and a surfactant (48). In the solution method, only one phase is present, which contains a solution of the diamine and diacid chloride. An organic base is added as an acceptor for the hydrogen chloride produced in the reaction (49). Following any of these methods of preparation, the polymer is exposed to water and the acid chloride end is converted to a carboxyhc acid end. However, it is very difficult to remove all traces of chloride from the polymer, even with repeated washings with a strong base. 

Polymerization methods [I], [II], and [III] (Fig. 1) indicate, respectively, the dropwise addition of VAc and initiator the dropwise addition of VAc and the stepwise addition of initiator the batch method, in which all ingredients of water, VAc, PVA, and initiator were put into the reaction vessel before starting polymerization. In method [I], when the temperature of the PVA solution in the flask attained 70°C, dropwise additions of 20 g of an aqueous solution containing initiator and 250 g of VAc were started. In method [II], the process was similar to method [I], except the initiator was added stepwise. When the temperature of the contents in the flask was raised to 70°C, 24 g of an aqueous solution containing half the prescribed amount of initiator was first added. 

The main polymerization method is by hydrolytic polymerization or a combination of ring opening as in (3.11) and hydrolytic polymerization as in (3.12).5,7 9 11 28 The reaction of a carboxylic group with an amino group can be noncatalyzed and acid catalyzed. This is illustrated in the reaction scheme shown in Fig. 3.13. The kinetics of the hydrolytic polyamidation-type reaction has die form shown in (3.13). In aqueous solutions, die polycondensation can be described by second-order kinetics.29 Equation (3.13) can also be expressed as (3.14) in which B is die temperature-independent equilibrium constant and AHa the endialpy change of die reaction5 6 812 28 29 ... 

We report here the results of our recent studies of poly(alkyl/arylphosphazenes) with particular emphasis on the following areas (1) the overall scope of, and recent improvements in, the condensation polymerization method (2) the characterization of a representative series of these polymers by dilute solution techniques (viscosity, membrane osmometry, light scattering, and size exclusion chromatography), thermal analysis (TGA and DSC), NMR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (3) the preparation and preliminary thermolysis reactions of new, functionalized phosphoranimine monomers and (4) the mechanism of the polymerization reaction. 

When the reactants involved in a step growth polymerization process are mutually immiscible, we can employ an interfacial polymerization method. Two solutions, each containing one of the monomers, are layered one on top of the other. This creates a phase boundary that forms wth the least dense liquid on top. The different monomers can then meet and polymerize at the interface. A commonly demonstrated example of this is the manufacture of nylon 610 by the interfacial reaction between an aqueous solution of hexamethylenediamine with sebacoyl chloride dissolved in carbon tetrachloride. Because the reaction only occurs at the interface, it is possible to pull the products from this interface to isolate the final product. 

Compare and contrast the slurry, gas phase, solution and liquid propylene polymerization methods. 

Polystyrene is unusual among commodity polymers in that we can prepare it in a variety of forms by a diversity of polymerization methods in several types of reaction vessel. j Polystyrene may be atactic, isotactic, or syndiotactic. Polymerization methods include free radical, cationic, anionic, and coordination catalysis. Manufacturing processes include bulk, solution, suspension, and emulsion polymerization. We manufacture random copolymers ... 

Polymerization Method. To a solution of 5.18 mmole of HFB or PFB and 5.18 mmole of the appropriate bisphenol or bisthiophenol in 20 ml of solvent was added 22.4 mmole anhydrous of K2CO3 and 1.43 mmole of 18-crown-6 ether. The magnetically stirred, heterogenous mixture was heated in an oil bath and maintained under N2. Upon cooling to room temperature, the mixture was slowly poured into ca. 150 ml of methanol and was vigorously stirred. The filtered solids were washed three times in a blender with 300-ml portions of distilled water. The solids were air dried and subsequently placed in a vacuum oven (80 ) for 24 hr. Where soluble, the polymers obtained were characterized by IR and PMR analysis. Elemental analyses for all polymers were satisfactory. Polymer solubility was determined in THF, DMF, dioxane, toluene, m-cresol, chloroform, and sulfuric acid. The percent insoluble polymer was determined gravimetrically. Inherent viscosities of soluble polymers were determined in ca. 0.5% wt. solutions in either chloroform or THF. 

The homopolymerization and copolymerization of 4-methyl-l-pent-ene is generally carried out in a batch polymerization process (5). Batch polymerization refers to a polymerization method in which a quantity of the monomers are polymerized in a reaction vessel and then the resulting polymer is recovered from that reaction vessel upon the desired level of polymerization of the monomers. It is desirable to carry out such processes under conditions, which result in a slurry of particles of the desired polymer or copolymer in the polymerization diluent rather than a solution of the polymer or copolymer. The formation of such a slurry aids in the separation and purification of the resulting polymer. 

Polymer modification is of particular interest when the desired polymer is not readily available from its corresponding monomer by conventional polymerization methods. The primary challenge of polymer modification is to achieve a high conversion and selective modification of the appropriate functional group. In this paper, we describe a new convenient polymer modification to prepare novel silanol polymers by a rapid and selective oxidation of the Si—H bond with a dimethyldioxirane solution in acetone from their corresponding precursor polymers. 

Polymerization Methods. Acrylonitrile and its comonomers can he polymerized by any of the well-known free-radical methods. Bulk polyntenzaiion is the most fundamental of these, but its commercial use is limned by ns aulocutalyiie nature. Aqueous dispersion polymerization is the itiosi common commercial method, whereas solution polymerization is used in cases where the spinning dope can he prepared directly from the polymerization reaction product. Emulsion polymerization is used primarily for modacrylic compositions where a high level of a water insoluble monomer is used or where the monomer mixture is relatively slow reacting. 

RESINS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene). Commonly referred to as ABS resins, these materials are thermoplastic resins which are produced by grafting styrene and acrylonitrile onto a diene-rubber backbone. The usually preferred substrate is polybutadiene because of its low glass-transition temperature (approximately —80°C). Where ABS resin is prepared by suspension or mass polymerization methods, stereospedfic diene rubber made by solution polymerization is the preferred diene. Otherwise, the diene used is a high-gel or cross-linked latex made by a hot emulsion process. 

Today, superabsorbent polymers are made using one of two primary methods suspension polymerization or solution polymerizations. Both processes have their advantages over the other and both yield a consistent quality of product. 

Polymeric fullerene materials can be obtained by many methods, for example by irradiation with electrons or ions, treatment in a plasma generator, doping with alkali metals [9,28,46], direct chemical synthesis [47], or mechanical milling [29]. Because of the small penetration depth of light fullerenes can only be photopolymerized as thin films, but bulk photopolymer can be obtained by polymerization in solution [48,49]. Diffraction studies show that photopolymers usually have a disordered fee structure. Although some ordered films have been... 

In a different study, Chen and co-workers optimized the silicate polymerization method [131]. In their approach, the outlet frit is prepared by first filling the column with a sodium silicate solution. Then, the portion of the column at which the frit is desired is brought in contact to a heating element for a few seconds and the frit is... 

The ESR method combined with a flow system should be very powerful for studying short lived transient radicals during vinyl polymerization in solutions. As will be made clear later, however, the conditions for the reaction occurring in the flow cell are quite different from the conventional solution polymerization studied during a steady-state process. Nevertheless, the hyperfine structure of the ESR spectra observed by the flow technique, can provide straightforward information on the structure, concentration, reactivity, and even the steric conformation of the transient radicals involved, particularly at the initial stage of the polymerization. 

Bicyclo [5.1.0] octane, [6.1.0] nonane and [10.1.0] tridecane XII, obtained from the corresponding cyclenes by the Simmons-Smith method (26), were polymerized in solution in methylene chloride in presence of BF3-Et20, TiCh, or SnCU. The mixture was placed in a sealed tube and maintained at temperatures between 20° and 80 °C. for 60 to 200 hours. The numerous experiments carried out always gave oligomers of a low degree of polymerization—i.e., 2 to 4—but the degrees of conversion were nonetheless relatively high (up to 60%). 

The polymerization method used was a polyeondensation of tereph-thaloyl chloride, propane 1,2-diol, and the appropriate soft block (Figure 1) in a 20% solution in dry 1,2-dichloroethane at 85°C for 48 hours. 

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