Electrical conductivity and percolation threshold of hybrid carbon/polymer composites

The electrical conductivity and percolation threshold of single and hybrid carbon filled composites are experimentally investigated. Polystyrene, carbon fiber (CF) and carbon black (CB) at three CF/CB ratios of 1.67, 3.33, 6.67 were compounded in a twin screw extruder micro‐compounder and compression molded into sheets. The through‐plane and in‐plane electrical conductivity of the composites are measured by 2 and 4 probe techniques. The percolation threshold of the single filler and hybrid composites are determined from the experimental results using a percolation model. The hybrid composites have a higher value of electrical conductivity and lower percolation threshold than the single CF filler composite except for the CF/CB ratio of 6.67. The percolation threshold for the cases of single filler and hybrid composites are modeled. The hard core / soft shell model is used and it is assumed that the percolation in a particle filled system depends on the ratio of tunneling distance to particle diameter. This ratio is determined by modeling single filler composites using the experimental data and kept constant in the modeling of the hybrid system. Finite size scaling is used to determine the percolation threshold for the infinite size hybrid system containing (nanosize) particles and micron size fibers for three CF/CB ratios. The simulation results show that the percolations of hybrid composites have the same trends observed in the experimental results. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132, 41744.     

Acetamide‐modified hyper‐cross‐linked resin: Synthesis,characterization, and adsorption performance to phenol from aqueous solution

Acetamide‐modified hyper‐cross‐linked resin, HCP‐HMTA‐AA, was prepared and its adsorption performance was evaluated using phenol as the adsorbate. The prepared HCP–HMTA–AA owned predominant micro/mesopores and medium polarity, making it possess a superior adsorption to phenol as compared with polystyrene (PS), chloromethylated polystyrene (CMPS), hyper‐cross‐linked polymer (HCP) and amino‐modified hyper‐cross‐linked resin (HCP–HMTA). The adsorption enthalpy was ?99.56 kJ/mol at zero fractional loading, multiple hydrogen bonding contributed to such a great adsorption enthalpy and an approximately planar hexahydric ring was formed between acetamide of HCP–HMTA–AA and phenol. The dynamic capacity of phenol on HCP–HMTA–AA was 291.3 mg/g at a feed concentration of 946.2 mg/L and a flow rate of 48 mL/h and the resin column was almost regenerated by a mixed solvent including 50% of ethanol (v/v) and 0.01 mol/L of sodium hydroxide (w/v). HCP–HMTA–AA was repeatedly used for five times and the equilibrium adsorption capacity for the five time reached 94.2% of the equilibrium adsorption capacity for the first time. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132, 41597.     

Preparation and characterization of graft copolymer from dealkaline lignin and styrene

Graft copolymerization of styrene onto dealkaline lignin by ferrous chloride and hydrogen peroxide coinitiator has been achieved successfully. The influence of temperature and reaction time as well as the amount of the styrene monomer, initiator, and catalyst on the grafting copolymerization was investigated. The optimum reaction conditions were determined as follows: c (styrene) = 20.00 mmol, c (H₂O₂) = 5.00 mmol, c (FeCl₂) = 0.10 mmol, T = 30°C and t = 48 h. The optimum yield (Y), total conversion (TC), grafting efficiency (GE), and degree grafted (DG) values were 96.6, 96.3, 59.5, and 53.7%, respectively. The copolymer of lignin grafted PS was separated and characterized by elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier transform infrared, thermogravimetry analysis, field emission‐scanning electron microscopy, gel permeation chromatography, and nuclear magnetic resonance. It was demonstrated that the solubility what the copolymer exhibited turned out to be the very reverse of the original lignin. The surface properties and structure of lignin were completely changed after grafting copolymerization. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132, 41900.     

Synergistic effect of organoclay fillers based on fluorinated surfmers for preparation of polystyrene nanocomposites

Novel fluorinated reactive surfactants were used for the organic modification of monmorillonite clays. These organoclays were used for the preparation of polystyrene?clay nanocomposites by in‐situ free radical polymerization. Reference systems based on hydrocarbon homologous surfmer and nonpolymerizable surfactants were also used to deduce the effect of the fluorine moiety and the polymerizable function on the morphology and thermal stability of the prepared nanocomposites. Different structural parameters of the surfactants were investigated and modulated for the clay modification including: the nature of surfactant (surfmer/classical surfactant, fluorinated, or hydrocarbonated), the length of the fluorinated chain as well as the length of the hydrocarbon spacers linking the ammonium head to the fluorine chain or the polymerizable acrylic function. Wide angle‐X‐ray scattering (WAXD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and electronic microcopies (TEM and SEM) were used to establish a structure‐morphology, thermal properties relationships, and to highlight the key parameters governing the exfoliation process. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132, 42347.     

A novel polymer chain growing mode and styrene copolymer prepared with low molecular weight copolymer of α‐methylstyrene and styrene as macroinitiator

A new polymer chain growth mode, having multiple potential chain propagation sites, initiated by oligomer of α‐methylstyrene (AMS) and styrene (St) (PAS) is presented in this article. The effects of PAS content, AMS fraction in PAS and reaction temperature on bulk polymerization of St have been investigated. It is demonstrated that the PAS performed as macroinitiator in the polymerization of St. The average molecular weights of products increase significantly with the evolution of the polymerization, which is different from conventional free radical polymerization. With 20 wt % macroinitiator, the molecular weights increase from 1.21 × 10⁵ to 3.00 × 10⁵ with the monomer conversion increasing from 15.3 to 83.0%. This unique feature is tentatively attributed to both the reversible polymerization–depolymerization of AMS segments at high temperature which could generate more than one propagation sites in a polymer chain and the combination termination of St free radical polymerization. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132, 41460.     

纳米铝填充聚苯乙烯熔融纺丝及其性能研究

采用分散聚合法合成了聚苯乙烯(PS)及在PS中掺杂纳米铝(Al NPs)的PS/Al NPs复合材料,采用熔融纺丝法制备了PS及PS/Al NPs纤维,并对其结构与性能进行了研究。结果表明:重均相对分子质量(Mw)为(5~25)×104的PS,在220~270℃熔融纺丝,制得PS纤维直径可达25μm,断裂强度为1.2 c N/dtex,断裂伸长率为4.8%;PS/Al NPs复合材料中Al NPs在PS中分散均匀,PS内部中的Al NPs抗氧化能力较好;与相同Mw的PS纤维比较,PS/Al NPs纤维的玻璃化转变温度提高了4℃,断裂强度提高了4.1%,断裂伸长率提高了13.3%。     

关于EPS企业职业危害因素分析与讨论

对某EPS企业生产岗位或工种存在的粉尘、毒物、噪声、工频电场等职业病危害因素进行现场调查和检测,通过对其工艺流程及相关设备的操作过程进行分析,确认生产过程中的职业病危害因素产生的原因及分布。通过对检测结果数据进行分析与讨论,找到EPS企业职业病危害因素来源,了解其职业病危害控制效果,确认EPS企业职业病危害因素关键控制点,为在建或已建EPS企业提供职业危害因素预防措施。     

PS粉末SLS快速成型收缩率实验研究

为了得到聚苯乙烯粉末的选择性激光烧结(SLS)快速成型最佳工艺参数,采用正交试验方法,结合SLS实验,分析影响烧结试样尺寸精度的4个主要因素,并得到最佳工艺参数及在此工艺下的修正系数。结果表明,随着激光功率的增加,试样的收缩率呈先增加后减小的趋势;随着扫描速度和铺粉厚度的增加,试样的收缩率呈减小趋势;随着预热温度的升高,试样的收缩率呈先减小后增加的趋势。最佳工艺参数为:激光功率44 W、扫描速度1 900 mm/s、铺粉层厚0.23 mm、预热温度70℃。水平方向修正系数为1.004 9,竖直方向修正系数为1.005 0。在最佳工艺参数下烧结的修正尺寸后的试样满足精度要求。     

PS-Cy和PS-Acyl-Cy树脂的制备及其吸附对硝基酚

用1,4,7,10-四氮杂环十二烷(Cyclen)分别修饰氯甲基化的聚苯乙烯微球及氯乙酰化的聚苯乙烯微球,合成Cyclen型聚苯乙烯(PS-Cy)树脂及Cyclen型氯乙酰化的聚苯乙烯(PS-Acyl-Cy)树脂。测定了两种树脂的增重率及全交换容量并研究了其吸附动力学。结果表明:PS-Cy树脂的全交换容量达1.59 mmol/m L,对对硝基酚(PNP)的最大吸附量达118.93 mg/m L,吸附过程符合Langmuir模型;而PS-Acyl-Cy树脂的全交换容量为1.45 mmol/m L,对PNP的最大吸附量为90.87 mg/m L,吸附过程符合Freundlich模型。两种树脂的吸附过程都符合准二级动力学方程并且液膜扩散为主要控制步骤。     

不同梳形支化结构聚苯乙烯熔体的流变行为

以主链长度相当、支链数目和支链长度变化的一系列梳形支化聚苯乙烯为对象,采用旋转流变仪测定其流变参数,研究了梳形支化结构对聚合物熔体流变行为的影响。结果表明,梳形支化聚苯乙烯的零剪切黏度随支化数目或支链长度的增加而增大。在支链长度低于链缠结临界分子量Me时,随支链数目增加,梳形支化聚苯乙烯的零剪切黏度与重均分子量对数曲线的斜率为2.8~2.9。在支链数目一定时,当支链长度增加到链缠结临界分子量Me之前,梳形支化聚苯乙烯的零剪切黏度与重均分子量对数曲线的斜率为3.2左右。梳形支化聚苯乙烯呈假塑性流动行为,其非牛顿指数小于1,且随支链数目或支链长度的增加有小幅下降。由于支链减轻了链缠结程度,导致梳形支化聚苯乙烯的黏流活化能低于线形聚苯乙烯,随支链数目增加,对链缠结的抑制作用增大,黏流活化能进一步下降。