Photopolymerization of N,N‐dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate studied by photocalorimetry

Photopolymerization of dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate (DMAEMA) is studied in bulk and in solutions in the presence of different photoinitiators using differential photocalorimetry (DPC). The rate of DMAEMA photopolymerization is slow compared to that of alkylmethacrylates. Bimodal DPC curves of DMAEMA photopolymerization in bulk are obtained. The type I photoinitiators (IRGACURE® 651 and IRGACURE® 1700), which produce free radicals by homolytic fragmentation of photoexcited molecules, are more effective in promoting photopolymerization of DMAEMA. The type II photoinitiators (benzophenone and IRGACURE® 500), which initiate DMAEMA photopolymerization through an H‐abstraction mechanism involving an amino group from the monomer (polymer), are less efficient and favor the formation of partly crosslinked products. The effects of the photoinitiator concentration, temperature, and solvent on the kinetic data are evaluated and discussed. A scheme of photopolymerization of DMAEMA, including the formation of intermediate DMAEMA based macromonomers, is proposed. The main point of the suggested scheme is a high chain transfer to the DMAEMA monomer. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 579–588, 2002     

Manufacture of carbon fibers from polyacrylonitrile precursors treated with CoSO4

Free‐radical solution copolymerization of itaconic acid and acrylonitrile was carried out in DMSO using azodiisobutyronitrile as an initiator, changing the feed rate of itaconic acid. The resulting polymerization solution was spun to form polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursors of carbon fibers. The precursors were treated with a CoSO₄ aqueous solution on‐line. The structure and properties of untreated and treated PAN precursors and the resultant carbon fibers were characterized by SEM and TEM, a stabilization process, etc. It is suggested that CoSO₄ acts as a catalyst in the formation of a ladder structure and reduces the temperature of cyclization, and the carbon fibers developed from treated PAN fibers showed improvement in the tensile strength and the Young's modulus. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 85: 153–158, 2002     

Ionomer composites based on sepiolite/hydrogenated poly(styrene butadiene) block copolymer systems

Ionomeric composites based on sepiolite and hydrogenated poly(styrene butadiene) block copolymer were obtained and characterized from a microstructural and electrical point of view. Before blending, because of the high silanol group concentration in the sepiolite, the latter could be organophilized with suitable coupling agents. The resulting materials were easily processed into thin films or membranes 0.2–0.4 mm thick, their conductivity in some cases approaching 10^?1 S/cm. Their suitability for film formation and good electrical properties indicate potential applications as electrolytes in polymer fuel cells. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 3512–3519, 2002     

Mixture-proportioning of high-performance concrete

The paper presents a new approach to design concrete mixtures. It is based upon a set of models relating composition and engineering properties of concrete, to be implemented into software, linked with a material database. The principles underlying the various models are summarized, most of which focus on the granular structure of fresh/hardened concrete. A global approach to concrete is promoted, where performance specifications can be formulated in terms of fresh concrete (yield stress, plastic viscosity, slump and air content), hardening concrete (adiabatic temperature rise and autogenous shrinkage) and hardened concrete (compressive strength at any age, tensile strength, elastic modulus, creep and shrinkage). This approach is illustrated through the design of a special high-shrinkage high-performance concrete (HPC) for road application. To date, durability is lacking in the model and requires further research.     

Thermally induced microstructural changes in cotton fibers: A free‐volume study

I measured positron lifetime in natural polymer–cotton fibers as a function of isochronal annealing temperature in the range 27–290°C. The variations in the positron results indicated structural changes occurring in the cotton fibers and determined the glass‐transition temperature as 80°C. Activation energies were measured separately for the crystalline and amorphous regions, indicating the versatility of the technique. These values were close to the O? H bond dissociation energy, suggesting O? H bond dissociation, the most probable process occurring under thermal treatment. As an extension of the positron results, the molecular weight of the cotton fibers was determined to be 1,200,000 based on free volume, which was within the range suggested for cotton. There seemed to be an indication that crosslinking changed the spiral structure of cotton fibers to the network type. However, this needs to be validated by other measurements. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 3336–3345, 2002     

Properties of latex blends and its modified cement mortars

In this paper, the mechanical properties of three latex blends and the mechanical properties and chloride diffusivity of the latex-modified mortars are studied. The relationships between the properties of polymer films formed from latex blends and the properties of the latex blend-modified mortars are illustrated. The test results showed that the modified mortar with the blend of styrene-acrylic ester (SAE) and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) showed synergistic effect; especially the flexural strength of the SAE/SBR blend-modified mortars was about 20-40% higher than that of monolatex-modified mortars. However, the vinyl chloride-vinylidene chloride copolymer (PVDC)/SBR and PVDC/SAE blends-modified mortars showed antisynergistic effect. The compressive strength of the modified mortars increased with the increasing of the tensile strength of the latex films, while the flexural strength of the modified mortars did not depend on the tensile strength of the latex films. When PVDC with the mass fraction of 0.2 or SAE copolymer emulsion with mass fraction of 0.4 was blended into SBR latex, the latex blend-modified mortars showed lower chloride diffusivity. The chloride diffusivity of the modified mortars increased approximately linear with the tensile strength of the latex blend films, and decreased with increase of the elongation at rupture of the latex blend films. When the elongation at rupture of the latex blend films increased from 200-300% to more than 800%, the chloride diffusivity of the modified mortars decreased from 10-15×10⁻¹² to 3-4×10⁻¹² m²/s.     

Synthesis and Spectral Properties of Mixed-Ligand Complexes of Lanthanide Perchlorate with Bis-(phenylsulfinyl)ethane and Organic Lewis Bases

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Effect of oxygen flow rate on the structural and electrochemical properties of lithium nickel oxides synthesized by the sol–gel method

The structural and electrochemical properties of LiNiO₂ powders were investigated as a function of the oxygen flow rate employed in the preparation of lithium nickel oxide. It was found that oxygen played an important role in the synthesis of highly crystallized LiNiO₂(R3¯m). In the crystallization process of LiNiO₂, a deficiency of oxygen in the calcination reactor induced the formation of impurities and cubic rock-salt structure (Fm3m) in LiNiO₂ powders. For LiNiO₂ prepared at higher oxygen flow rates, the electrode delivered high discharge capacities with relatively good retention rates. But very low electrode capacity was obtained from LiNiO₂ prepared at lower oxygen flow rates.     

电子词典生产中的SMT工艺

本文讨论了在电子词典生产中的ＳＭＴ工艺，着重阐述了ＳＭＴ工艺流程，列举了一些不良焊接及其产生不良焊接的原因以供参考。     

高速宽带取样-滤波数字化系统中高斯滤波器的设计

本文基于频域逼近的方法提出了高斯滤波器的设计理论,得出了带宽归一化的各阶高斯滤波器的通用计算公式。并对高斯滤波器的数字化时间窗口、回复时间参数等进行了计算。