Polyelectrolyte swelling of polyamidobenzimidazole

Conclusions An extreme character of the swelling of PABI fibres in DMAc-water mixtures has been detected. The maximum is observed in the region of a 10% water content.The peculiarity in swelling has been explained by the manifestation of a polyelectrolyte nature of the polymer.Translated from Khimicheskie Volokna, No. 5, pp. 34–35, September–October, 1987.     

Efficiency,recovery and productivity of continuous reverse osmosis systems: new closed expressions

Numerical and approximate analytical solutions for salt concentration polarization in hyperfiltration with laminar flow in a flat sheet configuration are presented. The analysis accounts for the variation of the water flux in the longitudinal direction. Approximate solutions were obtained with an integral method which was found to provide good agreement with the numerical solution. The integral method allows one to obtain closed expressions for the productivity Q, the recovery R and the efficiency E of a reverse osmosis system which can be applied relatively quickly in design calculations.In this analysis the physical properties of the solution are taken to be constant.     

Thermal properties of poly(tetramethyl-p-silphenylene siloxane) and (tetramethyl-p-silphenylene siloxane-dimethyl siloxane) copolymers

Some physical properties of poly(tetramethyl-p-silphenylene siloxane) homopolymer and random block copolymers of tetramethyl-p-silphenylene siloxane-dimethyl siloxane have been determined and correlated with polymer structure. Differential scanning calorimetry (d.s.c.), differential thermal analysis (d.t.a.), density gradient column measurements and optical hot stage melting point determination and diluent techniques were used. The thermodynamic melting temperature of the homopolymer was estimated to be 160°C and its heat of fusion, ΔH_u, found to be 54.4 J/g (13 cal/g or 2710 cal/mol of monomer repeat units). Its limiting glass transition temperature, T_g, was ?20°C. T_g of the copolymer was found to vary almost monotonically with increasing dimethyl siloxane (DMS) content ranging from ?20° (0% DMS) to just above ?123°C, for pure DMS polymer. The copolymer melting temperature was found to increase as the fraction of the crystalline (hard) TMPS constituent was increased. Based upon copolymer theory and extrapolated melting point data, it was estimated that the block size of soft DMS component in the copolymer most probably consists of twelve monomer units distributed amongst TMPS sequences of varying length.     

Interrelationship of the baric index for the normal burning velocity of gas—Air mixtures and the kinetics of trimolecular reactions in a flame front

Through numerical simulation of flame propagation through a methane- and hydrogen-air mixture, with consideration given to the transfer and chemical reactions, we have investigated the relationship between the kinetics of trimolecular reactions and the baric index of the normal burning velocity. It has been demonstrated that the lower the constants of the trimolecular reaction rates, the higher the magnitude of the baric index. In the case of methane the baric index, although it grows, it nevertheless remains negative, while in the case of hydrogen this index changes sign.Balashikha. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, No. 2, pp. 46–49, March–April, 1991.     

Creep and drying shrinkage of calcium silicate pastes IV. Effects of accelerated curing

The dependent deformations and evidence of structural changes were measured on pastes of C₃S containing CaCl₂, and on pastes of C₃S or a C₃S/C₂S blend cured at 65°C. It was concluded that the addition of CaCl₂ enhances the role of the “pore component” in controlling irreversible strains even when well-hydrated pastes are dried. The formation of ore stable CSH at 65°C can explain the reduction in time-dependent deformations observed for these pastes. Even though a change in pore size distribution occurs at 65°C, it is not considered to affect irreversible strains in well-hydrated pastes.     

Modification of leather properties by grafting. I. Effect of monomer chain on the physico‐mechanical properties of grafted leather

Although leather has a number of desirable properties such as thermal stability and fire retardancey, in addition to high toughness, it has a few drawbacks such as weight, high water absorption, poor soil and rot resistance, and nonuniformity. If these defects are overcome, leather's usefulness would be further enhanced and its competitive position with respect to synthetics would increase. This study reports the physical and mechanical properties of buffalo leather after chemical graft copolymerization with ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, and 2‐ethyl hexyl acrylate using benzoyl peroxide as an initiator. The optimum conditions for grafting (e.g., monomer and initiator concentrations, temperature and time of grafting, and solvent leather ratio) were extensively investigated. The study achieved outstanding properties for buffalo leather in reduction of water uptake after grafting, especially on using 2‐ethyl hexyl acrylate and butyl acrylate monomers. FT‐IR and solid ¹³C‐NMR for leather before and after grafting confirmed the grafting process.© 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 89: 1478–1483, 2003     

Cis-Unsaturated fatty acid products by hydrogenation with chromium hexacarbonyl

The use of Cr(CO)₆ was investigated to convert polyunsaturated fats intocis unsaturated products. With methyl sorbate, the same order of selectivity for the formation ofcis-3-hexenoate was demonstrated for Cr(CO)₆ as for the arene-Cr(CO)₃ complexes. With conjugated fatty esters, the stereoselectivity of Cr(CO)₆ toward thetrans, trans diene system was particularly high in acetone. However, this solvent was not suitable at elevated temperatures required to hydrogenatecis, trans- andcis, cis-conjugated dienes (175 C) and nonconjugated soybean oil (200 C). Reaction parameters were analyzed statistically to optimize hydrogenation of methyl sorbate and soybean oil. To achieve acceptable oxidative stability, it is necessary to reduce the linolenate constituent of soybean oil below 1–3%. When this is done commercially with conventional heterogenous catalysts, the hydrogenated products contain more than 15%trans unsaturation. By hydrogenating soybean oil with Cr(CO)₆ (200 C, 500 psi H₂, 1% catalyst in hexane solution), the product contains less than 3% each of linolenate andtrans unsaturation. Recycling of Cr(CO)₆ catalyst by sublimation was carried through three hydrogenations of soybean oil, but, about 10% of the chromium was lost in each cycle by decomposition. The hydrogenation mechanism of Cr(CO)₆ is compared with that of arene-Cr(CO)₃ complexes. Presented in part at Seventh Conference on Catalysis in Organic Syntheses, Chicago, Illinois, June 5–7, 1978.