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Smooth surfaces are normally estabflshed by calendering, a process which subjects the fabric at the nip point(s) of two or more roUs to the influence of controlled time, temperature, and pressure. When calendering is used as a thermal-bonding process, the roUs are of the same dimension and composition and are independently driven. However, when calendering is used as a fabric finishing operation, the roUs are frequently of different dimensions and composition and are not always independently driven. 

Complicated problems of transient heat flow can be resolved by computer. Typical time-temperature curves for non-steady cooling are shown in Figures 16.1 and 16.2, and the subject is met again in Section 26.2. 

With such a broad subject area, to meet the objectives of the present publication, the general approach for this chapter has been to cover as wide a range as feasible with, where possible, emphasis made on relationships of specific effects with actual service applications. The chapter illustrates various effects of time, temperature, and fluids on long-term service durability of a range of elastomers, mainly by employing various data obtained by Materials Engineering Research Laboratories (MERE) personnel over recent years. 

Overall an intelligent closed-loop system produces more consistent parts because the advancement to the next stage of cure is based on the resin achieving a certain molecular state rather than on time. The advancement of the viscosity and degree of cure is monitored. Final cure is defined by a universal degree of cure. This is a more consistent way to produce composite parts than simply subjecting them to the same time-temperature schedule when batch variations and differences in prefabrication handling are present. 

Crystallization of the polymer when the propellant formulation is subjected to low temperatures can be annoying (12). Formation of additional periodic attractions between molecules has the same effect as additional crosslinking. Upon crystallization, the propellant becomes hard and brittle with low strain capability. If the effect is caused by crystallization of the polymer, the original physical properties are obtained when the propellant is heated above the melting point of the polymer. These effects are time-temperature dependent and can have a significant effect on the selection of operating and storage temperatures... 

A PFMB-based polyimide (BPDA-PFMB) can be used to prepare fibers with mechanical properties comparable to those of commercial PPTA fibers. However, owing to superior thermooxidative stability, the fibers retain their properties for much longer periods of time when subjected to isothermal aging in air at elevated temperatures. In fact, BPDA-PFMB fibers retain their properties under these conditions better than any other available high-performance fiber. 

The Purdue case can be described as a failed attempt to claim a broader generic relationship from specific examples described in the specification. The desire to claim subject matter broader then what is supported in the specification can also occur in cases that are more chemical in substance. In particular, one can envision different scenarios where an applicant describes specific examples of a process, a molecule, or a composition. In the case of a process where an actual example is provided, several variables (reaction time, temperature, solvent volume, etc.) will be set to specific values, the values that the process was actually conducted at. However, absent additional language in the original specification (including the originally filed... 

In Chapter 2, is derived the adiabatic temperature increase equation, which holds between the rate of heat generation per unit volume per unit time in the early stages of the self-heating process of a small-scale chemical of the TD type, including every small-scale gas-permeable oxidatively-heating substance, having the spatially uniform distribution of internal temperature, subjected to either of the two kinds of adiabatic tests, and, the rate of increase in temperature of the chemical, assuming the effect of the concentration of the chemical on the... 

Thermal Theories. Researchers at Forest Products Laboratory impregnated wood with a metal alloy to determine whether change in thermal conductivity is a mechanism of fire retardants (38). The alloy was selected to melt at 105 °C. The treated and untreated specimens were subjected to a flame on one side and the temperature rise was recorded on the unexposed side. The rise of temperature was slower over the alloy-treated specimen than over the untreated specimen until the melt temperature of the alloy. Above this temperature the treated and untreated specimens then followed the same time-temperature regimes. The untreated specimen burst into... 

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