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Minerals often contain admixtures (such as free metals) which catalyze thermo-and/or photooxidation of the filled plastic. This subject will be considered in more detail in Chapter 15. Here we give just two examples of fading of CaCOs-fllled HDPE and polypropylene, with 76 and 80% w/w of the filler, respectively. The matrix had the melt flow index equal to 1 g/10 min (HDPE) and 8 g/10 min (polypropylene). Ashing of the both filled plastics at 525°C gave ash content of... 

Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) with blocks of polydiene rubber are subject to degradation at the carbon-carbon double-bond sites and require proper stabilization. In SIS block copolymers, chain scission is the predominant degradation mechanism. In an SIS block copolymer, the addition of a more effective stabilizer, AO-3, alone or blended with a secondary antioxidant, PS-1, can provide a significantly superior performance over AO-1 alone or with PS-1. Resistance to discoloration after static oven aging at 80°C (176°F) is improved dramatically (Fig. 5). Viscosity stabilization (melt flow index stability) (Fig. 6) is also improved drastically using AO-3/PS-1. 

Hydraulic fracturing fluids are solutions of high-molecular-weight polymers whose rheological behavior is non-Newtonian. To describe the flow behavior of these fluids, it is customary to characterize the fluid by the Power Law parameters of Consistency Index (K) and Behavior Index (n). These parameters are obtained experimentally by subjecting the fluid to a series of different shear rates (y) and measuring the resultant shear stresses (t). The slope and Intercept of a log shear rate vs log shear stress plot yield the Behavior Index (n) and Consistency Index (Kv), respectively. Consistency Indices are corrected for the coaxial cylinder viscometers by ... 

The RI can be scaled in terms of maximum expected uncertainties like the flexibility index. Then the RI would be an upper bound on the flexibility index, since the RI only considers uncertainties in each stream individually, while the flexibility index considers uncertainties in all streams simultaneously. However, for HENs it seems reasonable to assume that the uncertainty in each stream s supply temperature is roughly inversely proportional to that stream s heat capacity flow rate (i.e., that each stream is subject to roughly the same load uncertainty ). Thus the RI is calculated in terms of load uncertainty 81 or 8t, where... 

It would be desirable to have simple tests capable of characterising the fluidisation behaviour or flowability of particulate materials on the basis of their bulk properties. To this end, Carr19 developed a system to characterise bulk solids with respect to flowability. Table 6 summarises the properties which are determined. In Carr s method a numerical value is assigned to the results of each of these tests, and is summed to produce a relative flowability index for that particular bulk material. Given the extensive use of these empirical techniques in academia and industry, a brief review on the subject is reported here. Nevertheless, it should be emphasised that these techniques allow measurements of the flow-ability or cohesion of materials solely in their stationary or compressed status and at ambient conditions. A direct relationship between these... 

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In initial studies in which substance P was administered to subjects by intravenous infusion, no effect on airway caliber could be demonstrated. It is possible that potent cardiovascular side effects resulted in homeostatic reflexes with secondary effects on the airways that masked the effects of substance P (Fuller et al., 1987). However, when changes in the partial flow volume curve, a highly sensitive index of airway caliber, were used as the index of airway obstruction, inhaled NkA - and, to a lesser extent, inhaled substance P - caused airway obstruction in healthy people (Joos et al., 1987). NkA is approximately 10-100 times more potent as a bronchocon-strictor in asthmatic than in non-asthmatic subjects (Cheung et al., 1992, 1993) this ratio of potency is similar to that observed for other agonists. 

Vasopressin is emerging as a potentially useful therapy in the hemodynamic support of vasodilatory septic shock. Case series and small clinical trials have reported its use in patients who remain hypotensive on vasopressors. Arginine vasopressin has little pressor activity in normal subjects but markedly increases blood pressure when sympathetic nerve function is impaired, including in septic shock. Unlike the catecholamine vasopressors, vasopressin is a direct vasoconstrictor agent and does not have inotropic or chronotropic effects. As a result, it may decrease cardiac output and hepatosplanchnic flow. In fact, studies of vasopressin in septic shock generally do not enroll patients with a cardiac index of less than 2 to 2.5 L/m per minute. 

Barbosa-Canovas et al. (1985) studied segregation tendencies in some food mixtures during vertical and horizontal vibrations and showed that segregation occurs not only in free-flowing powder mixtures, but also in some cohesive powder mixtures. Segregation intensity depends not only on the mixture composition, particle size, and mechanical vibration history, but also on whether the mixture is ordered. Barbosa-Canovas et al. (1985) used the segregation index Sindex after the mixture was subjected to vibration or tapping. 

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