D.s.c. investigation of the states of water in poly(vinyl alcohol-co-itaconic acid) membranes

The state of water in water-swollen poly(vinyl alcohol-co-itaconic acid) membranes, having various water contents from 0.31 to 0.83, was investigated by d.s.c. measurements and compared with those in water-swollen poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes. The amount of freezing water in the membranes was estimated by use of a relationship between the phase transition temperature and the enthalpy of the crystallization of supercooled water. The melting temperature of the water in the membranes immersed in urea and NaCl 0–2 mol l^?1 aqueous solutions was also determined by d.s.c. analysis. The present study proposes a method for estimating the solubilities of urea and NaCl in both of the freezing and the non-freezing water using the melting point depression of the freezing water in the membranes immersed in the solute solution.     

Influence of structure and counterions on physicochemical properties of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates

The effects of different inorganic and organic counterions on the physicochemical behavior of three commercial linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) have been studied. It has been found that the counterion hydration radius of the corresponding commercial linear alkylbenzene sulfonates has great influence on solubility, viscosity, surface tension and critical micelle concentration (CMC). The counterion has no influence on the detergency performance of the finished formulation. The alkyl chain length and the presence of tetralines have an important influence on solubility, viscosity and surface tension.     

热塑性聚合物/UP树脂混合体系的研究

采用本体聚合法合成具有一定转化率的热塑性聚合物TP ,并将其与不饱和聚酯 (UP)树脂混合 ,对所得混合树脂体系的流变性能、收缩性能、力学性能等进行了研究 ;利用动态力学方法分析了体系中热塑性聚合物与UP树脂的相容性 ,并对混合树脂体系进行了光学微观结构和红外光谱分析。结果表明 :TP与UP树脂间有一定的相容性 ,但并不完全相容 ;当UP树脂中加入TP 5份时 ,体系的粘度由 3Pa·s降为 2 5 5Pa·s ,收缩率由 1 77%降为1 45 % ;而加入 10份的TP ,树脂粘度降为 1 8Pa·s ,收缩率降为 1 3 9%。另外 ,体系的弯曲强度随TP加入量的提高而增加 ,但冲击强度的变化却呈先增加后降低的趋势。     

1991—1992国外工程塑料进展

介绍了1991～1992年国外工程塑料研究和生产概况。论述了通用工程塑料、特种工程塑料和聚合物合金的研究开发、改性和应用方面的进展。且指出工程塑料发展趋势和特点;对复合材料技术进展作了较详尽的分析与阐述。     

［Bmim］BF4-H2O-Na2CO3离子液体双水相体系液液相平衡数据的测定与关联

用浊点法测定了四氟硼酸1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑—水—碳酸钠体系在常压30℃下的溶解度曲线及密度曲线，并用经验方程进行了关联。用浊点—密度法测定了该体系的液液相平衡数据，绘制了相应的相图。结果表明：双水相体系一相以离子液体和水为主，碳酸钠的含量很少，另一相以碳酸钠和水为主，离子液体的含量很少。该体系既可作为萃取分离体系，也可作为从水溶液中分离回收离子液体的初步体系。用Othmer-Tobias+Bancroft经验方程对相平衡数据进行关联，最大相对误差为94.99%， 最大平均相对误差为15.69%，关联结果不理想。提出用Othmer-Tobias经验方程+溶解度方程对其进行关联，最大相对误差为4.52%，最大平均相对误差为2.77%，关联精度较高，该方法可适用于有一组分含量较低的体系的液液相平衡的关联计算。     

低熔点合金填充聚合物材料断口形貌研究

研究了合金元素、加工温度、金属含量、第三组分对低熔点金属填充聚合物材料断口形貌的影响。实验结果表明:不同的合金对体系的影响很大,低分子量、低结晶性聚合物,高的成型加工温度可提高材料的相容性。     

Nature of PMMA dissolution process by mixtures of acetonitrile/alcohol (poor solvent/nonsolvent) monitored by FTIR-imaging

The dissolution process of poly(methyl methacrylate), PMMA, in mixtures of the binary systems: acetonitrile/alcohol (methanol, ethanol and 1-propanol), individually poor and nonsolvents respectively for the polymer, was studied at 25 °C using FTIR imaging spectroscopy. To investigate this cosolvency phenomenon and the kinetics of the dissolution process, the spatial resolution and sensitivity of FTIR imaging were used. It has been found that the PMMA dissolution rate anomalously increases almost in a parabolic way independently of the solvent system used in this study. These results were interpreted assuming that the dissolution of a polymer by a mixture of solvents is governed by a complex dependence of the solvent molecules size and their thermodynamic characteristics. The kinetics of the PMMA dissolution by AcN/alcohol solvent mixtures were interpreted using conventional Arrhenius behavior in which the activation energy has a simple dependence on the thermodynamic quality and the molecular weight of the solvent mixture.     

Gel-size dependence of temperature-induced microphase separation in weakly-charged polymer gels

The gel-size dependence of microphase separation in weakly-charged gels of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPA) and 1-vinylimidazole (VI) copolymers has been investigated using swelling measurement, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), and dynamic and static light scattering (DLS/SLS). It is known that weakly-charged polymer gels undergo microphase separation in a poor solvent as a result of competing interactions involving hydrophobic attraction versus electrostatic repulsion. The microphase separation is characterized by a scattering maximum in SANS intensity functions of which Bragg spacing, Λ, is around 20-30 nm. However, when gel size was reduced to the order of Λ, no microphase separation was observed. Instead, a typical scattering of isolated spherical particles was clearly observed. On the basis of the experimental evidence, we conclude that microphase separation has its own wavelength independent of gel size, and nanometer-order gels, i.e., nanogels, do not undergo microphase separation.     

Evaluation of polymer rheology from drop spreading experiments

In this paper, spreading experiments on “heavy” polymer drops are performed. “Heavy” refers to large polymer drops, i.e., the radius of the drop, R, is much larger than the capillary length, κ^-1, so that the spreading is dictated by gravity. The zero-shear viscosity can be found from measurements of the time-dependent drop radius or vice versa. Viscosity values found from spreading experiments compare well with the viscosity values found from dynamic rheological experiments.