Strength improving

The next significant strength improvement followed the 1950 Du Pont (19) discovery of monoamine and quaternary ammonium modifiers, which, when added to the viscose, prolonged the life of the ziac cellulose xanthate gel, and enabled even higher stretch levels to be used. Modifiers have proliferated siace they were first patented and the Hst now iacludes many poly(alkylene oxide) derivatives (20), polyhydroxypolyamines (21—23), and dithiocarbamates (24). 

Certain chemical treatments can be employed during the TMP process to achieve improved strength. Sodium sulfite and hydrogen peroxide have been used either for chip pre- or post-treatment of the TMP pulp such pulp is called chemithermomechanical pulp (CTMP). The strength improvements, which may be 50%, are obtained at some sacrifice to yield and opacity. The yields of mechanical pulps are 90—95% the lower yields are associated with chemical treatment. No principal commercial pulps are produced in the next lower yield range, ie, 80—90%. 

For waterproofing, sodium silicate concentrations below 30% are adequate concentrations between 35 and 70% are used for strength improvement. Grouts having 35 vol % or higher silicate resist deterioration on freeze—thaw or wet—dry cycles. Water permeability of sands can be reduced from 10 to 10 cm/s. Unconfined compressive strengths of stabilized sand can vary from 103 to 4130 kPa (15—600 psi) the normal range is between 690 and 1380 kPa. 

These characteristics can be further enhanced and their applications widened by fillers, additives, and reinforcements. Compounding properly will yield an almost limitless combination of an increased loadcarrying capacity, a reduced coefficient of friction, improved wear resistance, higher mechanical strengths, improved thermal properties, greater fatigue endurance and creep resistance, excellent dimensional stability and reproducibility, and the like. 

Most commercial uses of aluminum require special properties that the pure metal cannot provide. The addition of alloying elements imparts strength, improves formability characteristics, and influences corrosion resistance properties. The general effect of several alloying elements on the corrosion behavior of aluminum has been reported by Godard et al. (2) as follows ... 

The data provided by Toyota Research Group of Japan on polyamide-MMT nanocomposites indicate tensile strength improvements of approximately 40%-50% at 23°C and modulus improvement of about 70% at the same temperature. Heat distortion temperature has been shown to increase from 65°C for the unmodified polyamide to 152°C for the nanoclay-modified material, all the above having been achieved with just a 5% loading of MMT clay. Similar mechanical property improvements were presented for polymethyl methacrylate-clay hybrids [27]. 

Better miscibility, smaller particle size, higher mbber content, higher impact Imcompatible, larger particle size, poor mechanical properties Higher impact strength Improved cold impact toughness, EPDM content <30% desirable Improved mechanical properties... 

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The primary chemical aspect of a mesomeric pigment system concerns the correlation between tinctorial strength and extent of electron delocalization. A higher degree of conjugation in a molecule is associated with a bathochromic shift color strength improves with the intensity of absorption. A resonating system proliferates by ... 

Polymer-silane system Percentage strength improvement ... 

The combination of various chemical types of polymer networks in different compositions, resulting frequently in controlled, different morphologies, has produced IPNs with synergistic behavior. Thus, synergistic properties may be obtained by IPNs such as enhanced tensile and impact strength, improved adhesion and, in some cases, greater sound and shock absorption (4-7). 

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In terms of weatherabilityf polystyrene does not exhibit ultraviolet stability and is not considered we ather-re sis tan t as a clear material. Continuous, long-term exposure results in discoloration and reduction of strength. Improvement in weatherability can be obtained by the addition of ultraviolet absorbers, or by incorporating pigments. The best pigmenting results are obtained with finely dispersed carbon black. 

Heat-cleaned fiberglass cloth was treated with 0.5% carboxysilane J (Table 1) and compression-molded into a laminate with nylon 6,6 polymer. Laminates were compared to state-of-the-art silane H. Table 9 shows that silane H provided a significant improvement in flexural strength over the control, expecially after a 2 h water boil, but a carboxysilane/zinc ion ionomer system gave an even better strength improvement. 

Flexural strength improvement Compression-molded Injection-molded... 

Effect of Molecular Configuration of Elastomer. The extent of the impact and strength improvements of ERL-4221 depends on the chemical structure and composition of the elastomer modifier. The data shown in Table I indicate that the carboxyl terminated 80-20 butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer (CTBN) is the most effective toughening and reinforcing agent. The mercaptan terminated copolymer (MTBN) is considerably less effective as far as tensile strength and heat distortion temperature are concerned. The mercaptan groups are considerably less reactive with epoxides than carboxyls (4), and this difference in the rate of reaction may influence the extent of the epoxy-elastomer copolymerization and therefore the precipitation of the rubber as distinct particles. 

Paper and textile production retention, coagulation, flocculation, wet strength, dry strength improvement, dewatering, color fastness, dye fixation, antistatic agents, antimicrobial treatment... 

To expand the usefulness of wood products, it is often desirable to increase the physical strength, improve chemical resistance, and slow degradation. One method of effecting these changes is to impregnate the porous wood... 

The temperature region in which a polymer can be used, is limited at the low as well as at the high side. The most serious limitation at low temperatures is, as a matter of fact, the glass - rubber transition for rubbers, below Tg they lose their rubbery nature and pass into the glassy phase. Besides, for thermoplastics, the principle limitation is that they become brittle at low temperatures, and thus lose their impact strength. The other properties are not affected, but, in most cases, (E-modulus, tensile strength), improved upon decrease of temperature. First of all we shall consider at which temperature cold-brittleness appears. 

Cationic starch is a frequently-utilized retention aid, especially when paper strength improvement is a second objective.141,142 Low pH activates tertiary amino starch, but at pH 6 an amphoteric starch, and at pH above 7 a quartenary ammonium starch, will be needed. 

Starch is added to the papermaking furnish for a variety of applications paper formation control furnish drainage improvement filler and cellulose fines retention size retention internal paper strength improvement surface strength enhancement and reduction of waste water pollution. 

Most frequently, com or potato starches are used, but there are also applications of wheat starch, rice starch, tapioca starch and others. Recently, waxy maize starch has found commercial application in the manufacture of paper. Thermally dispersed or pregelatinized unmodified starches are used for paper strength improvement by addition to the furnish or by spraying onto the papermaker s wire. 

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