STABILISATION

The oxidative degradation of a polymer can be retarded or even practically prevented by addition of stabilisers. The following types of stabilisers may be used  

A good UV absorber absorbs much UV light but no visible light. It should dissipate the absorbed energy in a harmless manner by transforming the energy into heat. 

Other requirements are compatibility with the polymer, non-volatility, light fastness, heat stability and, for textiles, also resistance to washing and dry cleaning. 

The optimum effect of a UV absorber in a polymer film can be calculated from the absorbancy of the UV absorber and the thickness of the film. Such calculations show that the effect of UV absorbers is small in thin films and in yarns. 

The degradation of polymers is mostly promoted by autoxidation. The propagation of autoxidation can be inhibited by antioxidants (e.g. hindered phenols and amines). 

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Wells may be drilled at a constant angle to the target or dropped off to a lower angle through the reservoir section. To build, maintain or drop the deviation angle stabilisers are run in the bottom hole assembly (Fig. 3.15). A change in deviation used to require a round trip to change the position of those stabilisers in the bottom hole assembly. In recent years, adjustable, hydraulically activated stabilisers have been developed. The... 

Volatile oils are known as high shrinkage oils because they liberate relatively large amounts of gas either in the reservoir or the separators, leaving relatively smaller amounts of stabilised oil compared to black oils (also called low shrinkage oils). 

Cusping occurs in the horizontal plane, that is the stabilised OWC does not lie directly beneath the producing well. The unwanted fluid, in this case water, is pulled towards the producing well along the dip of the formation. 

For example a process flow scheme for crude oil stabilisation might contain details of equipment, lines, valves, controls and mass and heat balance information where appropriate. This would be the typical level of detail used in the project definition and preliminary design phase described in Section 12.0. 

Low Press. Production Separator Crude Oil Stabiliser Vessel Stabilised Crude Oil Pumps... 

The term gathering station may describe anything from a very simple gathering and pumping station to a complex processing centre in which produced fluids are treated and separated into gas, NGLs and stabilised crude. 

A complex gathering station may include facilities to separate produced fluids, stabilise crude for storage, dehydrate and treat sales gas, and recover and fractionate NGLs. Such a plant would also handle the treatment of waste products for disposal. 

Once oil and gas have been processed the products have to be evacuated from the site. Stabilised crude is normally stored in tank farms at a distribution terminal which may involve an extended journey by pipeline. At a distribution terminal, crude is stored prior to further pipeline distribution or loading for shipment by sea (Figure 10.28). 

In areas where seabed relief makes pipelines vulnerable or where pipelines cannot be justified on economic grounds, tankers are used to store and transport crude from production centres. The simplest method for evacuation is to pump stabilised crude from a processing facility directly to a tanker. 

One of the primary objectives of production operations is to deliver product at the required rate and quality. Therefore the product quality specification and any agreed contract terms will drive the activities of the production operations department, and will be a starting point for determining the preferred mode of operation. The specifications, such as delivery of stabilised crude with a BS W of less than 0.5%, and a salinity of 70 g/m, ... 

The radiographs were made from austenitic (titanium- or niobium-stabilised nickel chromium steels) welds that were double-wall penetrateted by x-rays of 130kV. The wall thiekness is in the range of 8 to 12 mm. 

Underwood S M, Taylor J R and van Megen W 1994 Sterically stabilised colloidal particles as model hard spheres Langmuir O 3550-4... 

Jansen J W, de Kruif C G and Vrij A 1986 Attractions in sterically stabilised silica dispersions. I. Theory of phase separation J. Colloid Interface Sc/. 114 471-80... 

There is one other important way in which borane can be stabilised. Diborane reacts with a suspension of lithium hydride in dry ether thus... 

However the Mn (aq) ion can be stabilised by using acid solutions or by complex formation it can be prepared by electrolytic oxidation of manganese(II) solutions. The alum CaMn(S04)2.12H2O contains... 

Syntheses are no longer viewed in terms of known name reactions and single steps, but as the global transformation of a skeleton and its pattern of polarities and potential charges obtained through the lieterolysis of a bond that can be stabilised by entire classes of substituents. 

Chloroform. The commercial product contains up to 1 per cent, of ethyl alcohol, which is added as a stabiliser. The alcohol may be removed by either of the following procedures —... 

Pure bromoform is somewhat unstable and darkens on keeping it may be stabilised by the addition of 4 per cent, of its weight of ethyl alcohol or of a small quantity of diphenylamine. 

About 0-1 per cent, of hydroquinone should be added as a stabiliser since n-hexaldehyde exhibits a great tendency to polymerise. To obtain perfectly pure n-/iexaldehyde, treat the 21 g. of the product with a solution of 42 g. of sodium bisulphite in 125 ml. of water and shake much bisulphite derivative will separate. Steam distil the suspension of the bisulphite compound until about 50 ml. of distillate have been collected this will remove any non-aldehydic impurities together with a little aldehyde. Cool the residual aldehyde bisulphite solution to 40-50 , and add slowly a solution of 32 g. of sodium bicarbonate in 80 ml. of water, and remove the free aldehyde by steam distillation. Separate the upper layer of n-hexaldehyde, wash it with a little water, dry with anhydrous magnesium sulphate and distil the pure aldehyde passes over at 128-128-5°. 

The excess of acid (0-5-1 equivalents) maintains a proper condition of acidity required to stabilise the diazonium salt solution by reducing the secondary... 

In summary, a wealtli of experimental data as well as a number of sophisticated computer simulations univocally indicate that two important effects underlie the acceleration of Diels-Alder reactions in aqueous media hydrogen bonding and enforced hydrophobic interactionsIn terms of transition state theory hydrophobic hydration raises the initial state more tlian tlie transition state and hydrogen bonding interactions stabilise ftie transition state more than the initial state. The highly polarisable activated complex plays a key role in both of these effects. 

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