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Glass Temperatures (glass + temperature)
Selected AbstractsFormation of new thermosets by the reaction of cyanates with thiophenolsJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 1 2008Monika Bauer Abstract Sulfur-containing aromatic thermosets, mainly consisting of aryloxy- and arylthio-substituted 1,3,5-triazines, have been prepared through the reaction of difunctional cyanates with mono- and difunctional aromatic thiols. A straightforward three-step reaction scheme is proposed and verified by the identification of key substances: (1) the addition of thiol and cyanate groups, (2) the stepwise addition of (thio)imino carbonic esters with one another, and (3) the ring closure of chain-extended (thio)imino carbonic esters to form 1,3,5-triazines. Reactions of types 2 and 3 are associated with an abstraction of phenol or thiophenol, which can enter into reaction 1 again. Characterization of the curing behavior of dicyanate of bisphenol A with thiophenol as well as dimercaptodiphenyl sulfide by differential scanning calorimetry shows that the reaction rates are significantly enhanced by the admixture of thiols to the cyanate. Dynamic mechanical analysis of resulting thermosets showed that large amounts of comonomers can be incorporated into the network resulting in a decrease of glass temperature but increase of fracture toughness. Finally, the fully cured thermosets resulting from the reaction of dicyanate of bisphenol A with different admixtures of dimercaptodiphenyl sulfide were characterized by cone calorimetry to get information about flame retardancy. The flame retardancy is influenced by incorporation of dimercaptodiphenyl sulfide into the triazine network only slightly. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008 [source] Comparative thermal performance evaluation of an active solar distillation systemINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, Issue 15 2007G. N. Tiwari Abstract In this paper, thermal models of all types of solar collector-integrated active solar stills are developed based on basic energy balance equations in terms of inner and outer glass temperatures. In this paper, hourly yield, hourly exergy efficiency, and hourly overall thermal efficiency of active solar stills are evaluated for 0.05 m water depth. All numerical computations had been performed for a typical day in the month of 07 December 2005 for the climatic conditions of New Delhi (28°35,N, 77°12,E, 216 m above MSL). The thermal model of flat-plate collector integrated with active solar still was validated using the experimental test set-up results. Total daily yield from active solar still integrated with evacuated tube collector with heat pipe is 4.24 kg m,2 day,1, maximum among all other types of active solar stills. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Novel Triaromatic Ester Mesogenic Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Resin Containing Both Methyl Substituent and Ethoxy Flexible Spacer: Synthesis and CuringMACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, Issue 11 2008Guo-dong Liu Abstract A novel triaromatic ester liquid crystalline epoxy resin (LCER) that contains both a methyl substituent and an ethoxy flexible spacer, p -methylphenylene di{4-[(2,3-epoxypropoxy)ethoxy]benzoate} (MPEPEB), has been synthesized. The mesotropic property has been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized light optical microscopy (POM). MPEPEB shows a lower melting temperature at 78.7,°C and a broad nematic mesophase temperature range of about 55,°C. Meanwhile MPEPEB shows a mesophase to ,50,°C upon cooling. The curing behavior of MPEPEB with 2,6-diamino-3,5-diethyltoluene (DAE) has been investigated by means of DSC and POM during isothermal and dynamic processes. Although there is little difference between the activation energies obtained from the kinetic data, a marked difference is found between the isothermal and dynamic investigation. The curing reaction in the isothermal investigation roughly obeys n- th order kinetics, while two exothermal peaks appear in the dynamic DSC curves of MPEPEB/DAE. A comparison of the isothermal and dynamic data shows that the curing rate is not a unique function of temperature and curing degree. The cured networks have lower glass temperatures and show a mesophase at room temperature which disappears at about 86,88,°C. [source] Novel Amphiphilic Styrene-Based Block Copolymers for Induced Surface ReconstructionMACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, Issue 1 2008Lutz Funk Abstract This paper describes the synthesis of amphiphilic block copolymers by living radical polymerization (NMP) of new styrene-like monomers. The polar monomers (ethylene oxide side chains and free hydroxyl- or amino-groups after deprotection) were polymerized in a "protected form" to adjust the solubility of the monomers. In this way high molar mass polymers with a narrow polydispersity (around or below 1.2) were accessible. In the bulk state hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains demix. By exposing thin films of these polymers to vacuum (air) or alternatively to water or a hydrophilic surface it becomes possible to switch the surface polarity reversibly between contact angles of about 105° and 83° as a result of surface reconstruction. Through side chains of different length and with different functionalities, it was possible to adjust the glass transition temperatures to values between ,2,°C to 140,°C for the hydrophilic blocks and ,30,°C to 100,°C for the hydrophobic block. The wide range of the glass temperatures allowed it to find a block copolymer system with a slow kinetic concerning the surface reconstruction process, so that a mechanistic examination of the process by AFM was possible. It got, thereby, possible to detect the break-up of the hydrophobic surface lamella and the upfold of the hydrophilic lamella in contact with water. [source] | ||||||||||