Effects of ion group content and polyol molecular weight on physical properties of HTPB‐based waterborne poly(urethane‐urea)s

A series of waterborne poly(urethane‐urea)s, WPUUs, based on using nonpolar hydroxyl‐terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) as the soft segment, were successfully synthesized in this article. The effects of the COOH group content and soft‐segment molecular weight (Mn_s) on the dispersion, morphology, and physical properties were investigated. Variations of the particle size, viscosity, and zeta potential were first governed by the hydrophilicity of the polymer chain, and then by the swelling derived from water. Fourier transfer infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) indicated that the degree of phase separation decreased as the COOH group content increased or as Mn_s decreased. However, the hydrogen bonding between the soft and hard segments and the two‐phase mixing could not occur in this nonpolar HTPB‐based WPUU system, indicating that the hard segments tended to form smaller domains and to pack more loosely. It was attributed to the fact that the presence of bulky ionic salt groups destroyed the ordered arrangement of the hard segments. In this case, the increases of the interface area between the soft and hard phases resulted in that the present behaviors were similar to the phase mixing. In tensile properties, HTPB‐based WPUUs exhibited higher tensile stress, elongation at break, and modulus as the COOH group content decreased or as Mn_s decreased. In thermal degradation, the introduction of HTPB polyol improved the thermal stability of WPUU. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2007     

加工助剂对炭黑填充丁腈橡胶性能的影响

在填充50份(质量,下同)高耐磨炭黑(HAF)且用过氧化物硫化的丁腈橡胶(NBR)中使用一种新型加工助剂M(一种具有特定相对分子质量的含醚键和羟基等多种官能团的氟硅化合物),测定了炭黑填充NBR胶料的门尼黏度、硫化特性和硫化胶的物理机械性能,用橡胶加工分析仪和扫描电子显微镜对其进行了分析,并与加入硅烷偶联剂Si69及常用的以脂肪酸酯和不饱和脂肪酸锌皂为主要成分的2种分散剂进行了比较。结果表明,使用上述加工助剂均有利于炭黑在NBR胶料中的分散,胶料的加工性能和硫化胶的物理机械性能均得到不同程度的改善;以脂肪酸酯和不饱和脂肪酸锌皂为主要成分的分散剂能延缓炭黑填充NBR胶料的过氧化物硫化和降低硫化胶的交联密度;随着Si69的用量在2.0～6.0份范围内增加,胶料的正硫化时间减小,硫化胶的交联密度和定伸应力增加,而硫化胶的撕裂强度、耐热空气老化性、耐热油性、耐压缩永久变形性能和溶胀指数有下降的趋势;在Si69用量2.0～6.0份内及用量相同时,与无加工助剂和使用其他加工助剂相比,加工助剂M对胶料的硫化无明显影响,能够改善其加工性能,硫化胶的综合性能较好,其中耐热和压缩永久变形性能的改善最为明显。     

Gas Hold‐Up in Stirred Tank Reactors in the Presence of Inorganic Electrolytes

Gas hold‐up (?_G) in air‐aqueous electrolyte solutions in stirred tank reactors (STR) is correlated using a relative gas dispersion parameter, N/N_cd and a surface tension factor (STF), (c/z)(dδ/dc)². For electrolyte concentration below transition concentration (c_t) a single correlation in the form of ?_G = f(N/N_cd, vvm, STF) shows good agreement with gas hold‐up data over a wide range of system and operating conditions. Above ct no effect of STF on gas hold‐up is observed and the correlation obtained is of the form ?_G = f(N/N_cd, vvm). Data available in the literature on large STR show good fit with the proposed correlation.     

Influence of oxidation on heat-treated activated carbon support properties and metallic dispersion of Ru/C catalyst

Heat-treated activated carbon has been oxidized to improve the properties related to the use as a support for the preparation of 5wt% Ru/C catalysts by impregnation. The pore structure, surface oxygen groups of the heat-treated activated carbon before and after oxidation in the gas and liquid phase, as well as catalytic activities and dispersion of Ru in the catalysts were investigated systematically. The pore structures of the samples were characterized by N₂ physisorption. Temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) was conducted to determine the chemical properties of the samples. Ru dispersion was measured by CO pulse chemisorption. The effects of oxidation treatments on carbon surface chemistry and pore structure which are closely related to Ru dispersion and catalytic activity, was examined. Furthermore, the modified heat-treated activated carbon support obtained by gas phase oxidation in CO₂ and liquid phase oxidation in nitric acid was more suitable to prepare Ru-based catalysts for ammonia synthesis than that without treatment.     

Ultrasonic Dispersion of Ceramic Powders

Ultrasonication is very effective in dispersing alumina and barium titanate slurries. When optimum conditions are used, very short durations (2 to 3 min) are enough to achieve well-dispersed, stable suspensions.     

CFD simulation of large-scale bubble plumes: Comparisons against experiments

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations have been carried out to simulate a turbulent, bubble plume in a liquid pool. A two-fluid enhanced k-? model has been used, with the extra source terms introduced to account for the interaction between the bubbles and the liquid and transient calculations have been performed to study the plume growth, the acceleration of the liquid due to viscous drag, and the approach to steady-state conditions. In order to obtain correct spreading of the plume observed experimentally, it was observed that interfacial forces like lift and turbulent dispersion plays important role. The sensitivity analysis for drag coefficient and two different turbulent dispersion forces is presented. The development of the flow variables has been compared with the experimental data. From the CFD predictions obtained in the present work, it can be concluded that a two-dimensional (2D) axisymmetric assumption in this case is justified, with 2D model predictions in good agreement with the experimental data and those of a three-dimensional (3D) model, except for the shear stresses and turbulent kinetic energy. In general, quantitative comparison with the experimental data has revealed that, by applying proper models of inter-phase momentum transfer, and performing simulations based on the two-fluid model, satisfactory predictions of mean flow quantities can be obtained for this application away from the injector.     

Self-emulsifiable soybean oil phosphate ester polyols for low-VOC corrosion resistant coatings

A series of soybean oil phosphate ester polyols (SOPEP) was prepared by reaction of fully epoxidized soybean oil with phosphoric acid and simultanoeous hydrolysis in the presence of a polar solvent. The polyols were characterized by determination of acid value, oxirane number, hydroxyl value, molecular weight (GPC), and FTIR spectra. These polyols with varying amounts of acid phosphate groups could be self-emulsified to form aqueous dispersions after neutralization with organic base. These aqueous dispersion showed varying degrees of stability and their appearance ranged from opaque dispersions to translucent to clear solutions. Waterborne coating compositions were prepared using these aqueous dispersions as principal components and their thermally cured film properties were studied. it was found that by careful selection and formulation, SOPEPs can be successfully used for low-VOC waterborne coating formulations. SOPEPs with 3.5% phosphate ester content showed visibly superior corrosion resistance properties.     

分散聚合反应的研究进展

介绍了分散聚合反应及其成核和稳定机理,并对分散聚合反应的研究进展情况进行了概述.     

Étude expérimentale du mélange réactif au sein d'un réacteur torique ondulé (RTO)

Reactive mixing in a wavy torus reactor (WTR) has been examined experimentally. Its performances are compared to these of two other reactors: a plane torus reactor (PTR) and a baffled stirred tank reactor (BSTR). hydrodynamics of mixing has been studied using a plug flow model with axial dispersion for the WTR and PTR. The effect of axial dispersion on the kinetic of a chemical reaction was then analysed for the WTR, PTR and BSTR. Mixing times were slightly longer for the WTR due to a weaker axial dispersion. We also noticed an improvement of the convertion rate for low dissipated power.     

工业聚合反应装置—Ⅶ.悬浮聚合反应器（下）

讨论了悬浮聚合反应器的放大问题及计算机控制技术，介绍了具有预分散器的悬浮聚合反应器和连续悬浮聚合反应器。