Factors influencing the efficacy of an interfacial modifier for the interface in an immiscible polymer blend

The modification of the interface in immiscible polymer blends is critical in order to optimize physical properties. Despite the great commercial importance of polymer blends, many aspects of the emulsification process remain unclear In this paper, it will be shown that an emulsification curve can be used to estimate the influence of the architecture molar mass of styrene/hydrogenated butadiene block copolymer interfacial modifiers on the emulsifion of polystyrene/ethylene-propylene rubber blends under melt processing conditions. An expression for eing the critical amount of copolymer to saturate the interface, as well as aspects concerning the localisation of the modifier in the blend system will also be addressed.     

Influence of silicon on the growth of barrier-type anodic films on titanium

Amorphous anodic titania, stabilised by incorporation of silicon species, is shown to grow to high voltages on sputter-deposited, single-phase Ti-Si alloys during anodizing at a constant current density in ammonium pentaborate electrolyte. The films comprise two main layers, with silicon species confined to the inner layers. An amorphous-to-crystalline transition occurs at ∼60 V on the Ti-6 at.% Si alloy, while the transition is suppressed to voltages above 140 V on alloys with 12 and 26 at.% silicon. The crystalline oxide, nucleated at a depth of ∼40% of the film thickness, is associated with the presence of a precursor of crystalline oxide in the pre-existing air-formed oxide. The modified structure of the air-formed oxide due to increased incorporation of silicon species suppresses the amorphous-to-crystalline transition until the onset of dielectric breakdown. The transport numbers of cations and anions during growth of the anodic oxides are independent of the concentration of silicon species in the inner layer, despite the marked change in the field strength.     

环氧丙烷生产工艺进展

综述了近年来环氧丙烷合成工艺的新进展,包括对现有环氧丙烷生产工艺的革新、直接氧化法、光催化环氧化等方法,并对各种方法的特点和发展前景进行了讨论.     

Effect of mixing leaves with olives on organoleptic quality of oil obtained by centrifugation

Variable quantities of leaves were added to ripe olives prior to extraction to determine their effect on the quality of the resulting olive oil. The addition of 1–3% w/w leaves improved the organoleptic quality. An increase intrans-2-hexenal aldehyde content occurred, giving the pleasant flavor of “freshly cut grass.” This compound was produced by the enzymatic breakdown of 13-L-hydroperoxide of linolenic acid in leaf homogenates.     

新型聚丙烯接枝物的制备及应用

为制备强韧的共混材料,利用熔融接枝法研制了含有两种接技单体的新型聚丙烯接枝物,讨论了第二单体在接枝过程中的作用,并将其应用于尼龙6/聚丙烯(PA6/PP)共混体系,获得了使分散相粒径更细小、界面更模糊的增容效果。     

单束纤维增强树脂基复合材料的热水老化性能研究

在96℃水中,对开芙拉29(Kevlar29),开芙拉49(Kevlar49)和聚苯撑苯并唑(PBO)纤维束增强的环氧树脂和双马树脂基复合材料进行老化实验后,再在60℃下进行干燥脱水处理。实验测定了吸水和脱水阶段的含水率及热水老化试样和干燥试样的弯曲性能。结果表明:在热水作用下,复合材料的弯曲强度和模量随热水老化时间的延长呈下降趋势,纤维与树脂基体间的界面发生破坏;再干燥脱水后,材料的弯曲强度和模量恢复,但仍低于未老化试样的性能,纤维与树脂基体间的界面破坏情况也类似。     

电石渣在环氧丙烷生产中的循环利用

总结了电石渣生产环氧丙烷工艺中的设计与应用。运行情况表明，该工艺具有明显的经济效益和社会效益。     

Sintering of Ceramic Particulate Composites: Effect of Matrix Density

Composites consisting of a fine-grained, polycrystalline zinc oxide matrix and <10 vol% coarse, rigid silicon carbide inclusions were prepared by the same mixing procedure and then compacted to produce samples with matrix densities of 0.45 and 0.68 of the theoretical. The samples were sintered under identical temperature profiles in separate experiments that employed either a constant rate of heating of 4°C/min or near isothermal heating at 735°C. The ratio of the densification rate of the composite matrix to the densification rate of the unreinforced zinc oxide was found to be independent of the initial matrix density. This ratio increased significantly with temperature in the constant-heating-rate experiments but was relatively constant in the isothermal experiments. The results indicate that microstructural coarsening may be an important mechanism for explaining the reduced sinterability of polycrystalline matrix composites.     

Study of the Catalytic Ozonation of Humic Substances in Water and Their Ozonation Byproducts

It is shown that using transition metals, especially Mn(II) and Ag(I), during ozonation of humic substances in water allows important reductions in the content of organic matter. Characterization of the organic compounds resulting from ozonation was made by concentrating the sample through liquid-liquid extraction or derivation with PFBOA.HCl, along with the GC/MS and GC/ECD techniques. In total, 110 different organic compounds were identified using GC/MS; mainly carboxylic acids, aromatics, hydrocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, and furan-carboxylic acids. The percentages of elimination or formation levels reached during ozonation are discussed.     

Influence of composition and molecular mass on the morphology,crystallization and melting behaviour of poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(methyl methacrylate) blends

Results are reported on the influence of composition and molecular mass of components on the isothermal growth rate of spherulites, on the overall kinetic rate constant, on the primary nucleation and on the thermal behaviour of poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(methyl methacrylate) blends. The growth rate of PEO spherulites as well as the observed equilibrium melting temperatures decrease, for a given T_c or ΔT, with the increase of PMMA content.Such observations are interpreted by assuming that the polymers are compatible in the undercooled melt, at least in the range of crystallization temperatures investigated. Thermodynamic quantities such as the surface free energy of folding σ_e and the Flory-Huggins parameter χ₁₂ have been obtained by studying the dependence of the radial growth rate G and of the overall kinetic rate constant K from temperature and composition and the dependence of the equilibrium melting temperature depression ΔT_m upon composition, respectively.