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While with-in the mobile x-ray system, the waste in the sampler, is contained within a replaceable (and disposable) polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sleeve with a wall thickness of approximately 0.2-inches and a sealed bottom. It was anticipated that the PVC tube or sleeve would, with use, become highly contaminated with waste residues which drip of fall-off the sampler. The sleeve is coated with a conductive coating to prevent static electricity buildup . There are no sources of ignition in this sealed spare. The sampler (and waste) is coupling which includes a positive pressure gasket. This barrier is further isolated by a second barrier consisting of an epoxy coated aluminum sleeve also sealed-off from the main x-ray cabinet and PVC sleeve. There are also no potential sources of ignition in this isolated secondary space as well. 

The development of electrical power made possible the electrochemical industry. Electrolysis of sodium chloride produces chlorine and either sodium hydroxide (from NaCl in solution) or metallic sodium (from NaCl fused). Sodium hydroxide has applications similar to sodium carbonate. The ad vantage of the electrolytic process is the production of chlorine which has many uses such as production of polyvinyl chloride. PVC, for plumbing, is produced in the largest quantity of any plastic. 

Quite naturally, novel techniques for manufacturing composite materials are in principal rare. The polymerization filling worked out at the Chemical Physics Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences is an example of such techniques [49-51], The essence of the technique lies in that monomer polymerization takes place directly on the filler surface, i.e. a composite material is formed in the polymer forming stage which excludes the necessity of mixing constituents of a composite material. Practically, any material may be used as a filler the use of conducting fillers makes it possible to obtain a composite material having electrical conductance. The material thus obtained in the form of a powder can be processed by traditional methods, with polymers of many types (polyolefins, polyvinyl chloride, elastomers, etc.) used as a matrix. 

Polyvinyl chloride has been modified by photochemical reactions in order to either produce a conductive polymer or to improve its light-stability. In the first case, the PVC plate was extensively photochlorinated and then degraded by UV exposure in N2. Total dehydrochlorination was achieved by a short Ar+ laser irradiation at 488 nm that leads to a purely carbon polymer which was shown to exhibit an electrical conductivity. In the second case, an epoxy-acrylate resin was coated onto a transparent PVC sheet and crosslinked by UV irradiation in the presence of both a photoinitiator and a UV absorber. This superficial treatment was found to greatly improve the photostability of PVC as well as its surface properties. 

Polymers are widely used as electrical insulators in applications such as wire and cable insulation, electrical appliance housings and capacitor films. Polymers used in these applications include polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, and isotactic polypropylene. 

We can divide commodity plastics into two classes excellent and moderate insulators. Polymers that have negligible polar character, typically those containing only carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds, fall into the first class. This group includes polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene. Polymers made from polar monomers are typically modest insulators, due to the interaction of their dipoles with electrical fields. We can further divide moderate insulators into those that have dipoles that involve backbone atoms, such as polyvinyl chloride and polyamides, and those with polar bonds remote from the backbone, such as poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(vinyl acetate). Dipoles involving backbone atoms are less susceptible to alignment with an electrical field than those remote from the backbone. 

Uses Secondary plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride in polyester resins to increase strength of fiberglass varnish formulations to improve water and alkali resistance as an insulator fluid for electric condensers and as an additive in very high pressure lubricants. In fluorescent and high-intensity discharge ballasts manufactured prior to 1979 (U.S. EPA, 1998). 

Polyvinyl Chloride. Biswas and Moitra [102] observed substantial increase in conductivity for metal modified PVC (Fig. 29). Table 1 presents the electrical conductivity data of the PVC-DMG-M(II) complexes. Interestingly, conductivities appreciably increase relative to PVC in the order PVC < PVC-DMG-Cu(II) < PVC-DMG-Ni(II) < PVC-DMG-Co(II). The enhancement in the conductivity is readily ascribable to the varying extents of charge transfer between the 3d metal ion centers and the electron-rich heteroatoms in DMG. Apparently, ease of such charge transfer will depend upon the availability of M vacant orbitals which follows the order Co2 + (3d1) > Ni2+(3d8) > Cu2 + (3d9). 

Lead compounds are generally added to polyvinyl chloride in electrical formulations in order to stabilize them against thermal decomposition 7 p.h.r. of National Lead Tribase XL modified tribasic lead sulfate was used throughout the present study. Since the stabilizer itself is an ionic impurity, it is remarkable to note that it actually increases volume resistivity (Table IV). 

In summary, the volume resistivity of polyvinyl chloride plasticized by liquid or elastomeric plasticizers, or internally plasticized by copolymerization, was intermediate between the inherent volume resistivities of the pure components and combined the contributions of each of them. The presence of ionic soluble impurities in liquid plasticizers provided mobile ions which conducted electricity and thus lowered volume resistivity. Copolymerization with 2-ethylhexyl acrylate provided an excellent balance of softness and flexibility with high volume resistivity further studies of internal plasticization by copolymerization are therefore recommended. 

About one-third of the 40 million tons of chlorine produced annually goes to the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride, PVC, which is one of the most versatile of all plastics. PVC is ubiquitous, being used for pipes, flooring, electrical insulation, wallpaper, school supplies, swimming pools, and many other daily-use products. 

Active sites created by an electric discharge method were being used for graft copolymerization by Akutin et al. (130). When a solution of a polymer in a suitable monomer is subjected to high voltage electric discharge polymerization of monomer is initiated as a result of the pressure impulses acting on the system. The authors studied the copolymerization of methyl methacrylate onto polyvinyl chloride, and of vinyl chloride onto ethylcellulose. 

Except for the monomers used, the production of NBRs is quite similar to that described for the SBRs. The NBR family is sometimes referred to as the nitrile rubbers. The acrylonilnle-buiadiene ratios cover a wide range from 15 85 to 50.50. NBRs are noted for their solvent resistance, increasing wiih the acrylonitrile content Thus, they are used for gaskets and oil and gasoline hoses, solvent-resistant electrical insulation, and Ibod-wrnpping films. Nitrile lattices also are used in treating fabrics for dry-cleaning durability. Because the NBRs become quite inflexible (stiff) at low temperatures (actually brittle at about -20 C). they arc blended with polyvinyl chloride for some applications. 

Polychloroethene (polyvinyl chloride), as usually prepared, is atactic and not very crystalline. It is relatively brittle and glassy. The properties of polyvinyl chloride can be improved by copolymerization, as with ethenyl ethanoate (vinyl acetate), which produces a softer polymer ( Vinylite ) with better molding properties. Polyvinyl chloride also can be plasticized by blending it with substances of low volatility such as tris-(2-methylphenyl) phosphate (tricresyl phosphate) and dibutyl benzene-1,2-dicarboxylate (dibutyl phthalate) which, when dissolved in the polymer, tend to break down its glasslike structure. Plasticized polyvinyl chloride is reasonably flexible and is widely used as electrical insulation, plastic sheeting, and so on. 

Chemical manufacturing and petroleum refining have enriched our lives. Few individuals in the developed world stop to realize how the chemical industry has improved every minute of their day. The benefits of the industries are apparent from the time our plastic alarm clock tells us to wake up from a pleasant sleep on our polyester sheets and our polyurethane foam mattresses. As our feet touch the nylon carpet, we walk a few steps to turn on a phenolic light switch that allows electrical current to safely pass through polyvinyl chloride insulated wires. At the bathroom sink, we wash our face in chemically sanitized water using a chemically produced soap. 

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