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Usually, crystallization of flexible-chain polymers from undeformed solutions and melts involves chain folding. Spherulite structures without a preferred orientation are generally formed. The structure of the sample as a whole is isotropic it is a system with a large number of folded-chain crystals distributed in an amorphous matrix and connected by a small number of tie chains (and an even smaller number of strained chains called loaded chains). In this case, the mechanical properties of polymer materials are determined by the small number of these ties and, hence, the tensile strength and elastic moduli of these polymers are not high. 

In order to understand fracture behaviour, it is important to analyse the types of deformation micromechanisms undergone under strain chain scission craze (CSC), shear deformation zone (SDZ), chain disentanglement craze (CDC) and the temperature range over which each one occurs. Furthermore, it is worth wondering whether these micromechanisms are related to /i transition motions. 

One earlier model was developed by Dannenberg to explain observations of behavior of compounded rubber." Figure 7.33 shows how this model works. Polymer chains are connected with filler particles. Depending on strain, chains remain relaxed, are fully extended, slip, or matrix undergoes structural changes. It is im-... 

Gupta and Warhadpande [177] chemically prepared substituted polyaniline by polymerizing m-toluidine, o-toluidine, o-anisidine, acetanilide, diphenylamine and o-naphthylamine. The thermogravimetric studies revealed that the ring-substituted polymers were less stable than the N-substituted polymers as evident from the weight loss at 800°C for poly(m-toluidine) (62.2%), poly(o-toluidine) (61.6%), poly(o-anisidine) (100%), poly(acetanilide) (51.9%), poly(diphenylamine) (29.5%) and poly(o-naphthylamine) (69.72%), which also indicates that the stability of strained-chain polymers is less than that of flat-chain polymers. 

Stress relaxations at constant strain in entangled systems occur as the strained chains tend to recover equilibrium conformations by Brownian motion. Therefore it is reasonable to expect that has something to do with the rate at which the slowest mode of chain motion leading to steady self-diffusion takes place. An adequate measure of this rate is the average time tq in which the chain self-diffuses a distance equal to its radius of gyration. Thus, we have... 

The mechanical loading on a polymeric item not only changes its shape and sizes but also affect substantially its supramolecular structure. The mechanical loading on the amorphous-crystalline polymer (polyolefins) substantially influences first of all on the amorphous phase of the polymer. The stretching strain results in the conformational transitions the number of gauche conformations decreases and the number of trans conformations increases (polyethylene, poly(ethylene terephthalate)). Under strain chains of macromolecules are additionally oriented and the rotation of the rad-... 

The largest stresses will be found in the center section of the strained chain and here the superposition yields ... 

If one assumes that neither 0 nor Uq depend on temperature, one has to conclude that at 200 K it is possible to raise the molecular stress to a level which is 17% higher than the largest molecular stress attainable at room temperature. In other words, a polyamide fiber highly strained at 200 K will quite stable contain many bonds with values between 110 and 135 kJ/mol. Those bonds will break, of course, if the temperature is raised to room temperature provided that no other means of stress relaxation (slip, uncoiling) become available to the strained chain segment. 

Cp is tire number of elasticity active chains per volume unit. The comparison between experimental data and tire prediction by (C2.1.20) shows a reasonable agreement up to large defonnation (figure C2.1.16). For large values of X, strain hardening arises because of tire limited extensibility of tire chains or because of shear-induced crystallization. 

In order to represent 3D molecular models it is necessary to supply structure files with 3D information (e.g., pdb, xyz, df, mol, etc.. If structures from a structure editor are used directly, the files do not normally include 3D data. Indusion of such data can be achieved only via 3D structure generators, force-field calculations, etc. 3D structures can then be represented in various display modes, e.g., wire frame, balls and sticks, space-filling (see Section 2.11). Proteins are visualized by various representations of helices, / -strains, or tertiary structures. An additional feature is the ability to color the atoms according to subunits, temperature, or chain types. During all such operations the molecule can be interactively moved, rotated, or zoomed by the user. 

Fig. 11.40 Distribution of strain energy is two knotted polymer chains containing 35 (left) and 28 (right) carbon atoms. The strain energy is localised and most of the bonds immediately outside the entrance point to the knot. (Figure redrawn from Saitta A M, P D Sooper, E Wasserman and M L Klein 1999. Influence of a knot on the strenght of a polymer strand. Nature 399 46-48.)...

Under natural conditions various strains of Penicillium fungi produce either penicillin G or free 6-aminopenicillanic add ( = 6-APA). The techniques used to prepare analogues such as the ones given above have been (i) fermentation in the presence of an excess of appropriate adds which may be incorporated as side-chain (ii) chemical acylation of 6-APA with activated acid derivatives. 

Because six membered rings are normally less strained than five membered ones pyranose forms are usually present m greater amounts than furanose forms at equilib rium and the concentration of the open chain form is quite small The distribution of carbohydrates among their various hemiacetal forms has been examined by using H and NMR spectroscopy In aqueous solution for example d ribose is found to contain the various a and p furanose and pyranose forms m the amounts shown m Figure 25 5 The concentration of the open chain form at equilibrium is too small to measure directly Nevertheless it occupies a central position m that mterconversions of a and p anomers and furanose and pyranose forms take place by way of the open chain form as an inter mediate As will be seen later certain chemical reactions also proceed by way of the open chain form... 

Terephthahc acid (TA) or dimethyl terephthalate [120-61 -6] (DMT) reacts with ethyleae glycol (2G) to form bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate [959-26-2] (BHET) which is coadeasatioa polymerized to PET with the elimination of 2G. Moltea polymer is extmded through a die (spinneret) forming filaments that are solidified by air cooling. Combinations of stress, strain, and thermal treatments are appHed to the filaments to orient and crystallize the molecular chains. These steps develop the fiber properties required for specific uses. The two general physical forms of PET fibers are continuous filament and cut staple. 

L. mesenteroides strain NRRL B-512F produces a water-soluble dextran with 95% a(l 6) main-chain linkages and 5% a(l 3) branch linkages (78). This strain was subcultured from NRRL strain B-512, isolated in 1943. Strain NRRL B-512F is the strain used for commercial dextran production in the United States and most other countries. Nearly all of the studies done on the industrial production and utilisation of dextran have used this strain. 

The only tme metaphosphate (ring stmcture) of significant commercial interest is sodium trimetaphosphate (STMP), Na P O. Because of the strain inherent in the small ring stmcture, STMP is more reactive toward nucleophiles than chain phosphates. In the presence of NaOH, for example, STMP forms sodium tripolyphosphate. 

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