Transparency, ultraviolet

Since acetal resins are degraded by ultra violet light, additives may be included to improve the resistance of the polymer. Carbon black is effective but as in the case of polyethylene it must be well dispersed in the polymer. The finer the particle size the better the ultra violet stability of the polymer but the poorer the heat stability. About 1.5% is generally recommended. For white compounds and those with pastel colours titanium dioxide is as good in polyacetals as most transparent ultraviolet absorbers, such as the benzophenone derivatives and other materials discussed in Chapter 7. Such ultraviolet absorbers may be used for compounds that are neither black, white nor pastel shade in colour. 

Kawabata T. Transparent ultraviolet absorbing protective Film. Patent Application 1994 JP 6297630. 

A potential route to weatherization of plastics Is to coat them with a layer of transparent, ultraviolet absorbing polymer which Is Itself weatherable. A promising candidate Is a copolymer of methylmethacrylate and a vinyl derivative of an ultraviolet absorber chromophore. If the concentration of the chromophore does not exceed 10-15 mole percent, the copolymer Is likely to retain the mechanical and optical properties of FMMA for certain classes of ultraviolet chromophores. Hence, an Investigation of the pho-tostablllty of copolymers of this type was undertaken In order to determine the feasibility of development of UV absorbing transparent coatings. 

The substance is examined in a dilute solution in a solvent. A wide choice of solvents, transparent to ultraviolet radiation, is available. The paraffin hydrocarbons are all suitable, as are the ahphatic alcohols and the chlorinated hydrocarbons, such as chloroform and carbon tetrachloride. The most useful solvents are re-hexane, cycZohexane, chloro-... 

The solvent chosen must dissolve the sample, yet be relatively transparent in the spectral region of interest. In order to avoid poor resolution and difficulties in spectrum interpretation, a solvent should not be employed for measurements that are near the wavelength of or are shorter than the wavelength of its ultraviolet cutoff, that is, the wavelength at which absorbance for the solvent alone approaches one absorbance unit. Ultraviolet cutoffs for solvents commonly used are given in Table 7.10. 

Microscopes are also classified by the type of information they present size, shape, transparency, crystallinity, color, anisotropy, refractive indices and dispersion, elemental analyses, and duorescence, as well as infrared, visible, or ultraviolet absorption frequencies, etc. One or more of these microscopes are used in every area of the physical sciences, ie, biology, chemistry, and physics, and also in their subsciences, mineralogy, histology, cytology, pathology, metallography, etc. 

Optical Properties. Owing to the high crystallinity of HDPE, most thick-waHed articles made from HDPE resins are opaque. Significant surface roughness can also add to the opacity. Thin HDPE film, in contrast, is translucent, but its transparency is significantly lower than that of LDPE or LLDPE film. The ultraviolet transmission limit of HDPE is around 230 nm. 

High optical clarity (>95% in the visible range extending into the near infrared together with a good level of transparency to ultraviolet light). 

Acrylic is a generic name for derivatives of acrylic acid, of which methyl methacrylate is the most important. Polymerization is controlled to produce chain length of 800 to 3,000 monomer units. A small amount of plasticizer such as dibutyl phthalate may be added before bulk polymerization to assist in deep molding. The outstanding property of polymethyl metliacrylate is 0 transparency resistance to ultraviolet radiation from fluorescent lamps and ability to be... 

The reason for such difficulties is the GPC mechanism itself. We do not separate by molar mass but by the size of the solvated molecules. Different solvation of chemical unlike molecules results in breaking the M sequence of the calibration curve this becomes visible especially in the low molar mass range. Sometimes such difficulties can be circumvented if a specific detector is used, e.g., if the sample absorbs in the ultraviolet (UV) range and the disturbing peaks are UV transparent. 

Useability of a transparent polyethylene film in hotbeds and greenhouses is obvious, since this film, as opposed to glass, displays high light permeability in the ultraviolet spectral region. 

The compounds K5Nb3OFi8 and Rb5Nb3OFi8 display promising properties for their application in electronics and optics. The compounds can be used as piezoelectric and pyroelectric elements due to sufficient piezo- and pyroelectric coefficients coupled with very low dielectric permittivity. In addition, the materials can successfully be applied in optic and optoelectronic systems due to their wide transparency range. High transparency in the ultraviolet region enables use of the materials as multipliers of laser radiation frequencies up to the second, and even fourth optical harmonic generation. 

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