Dependence of Tack Strength on Molecular Properties

1959 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. G. Forbes ◽  
L. A. McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Shear Viscosity ◽  
Catalyst System ◽  
Chain Entanglement ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Styrene Copolymers ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Catalyst Systems ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Butadiene Styrene

Abstract A method has been developed for the measurement of the tack strength of fresh and reproducibly smooth rubber surfaces. Using this method the tack strength of natural rubber is shown to be independent of polymer purity, and, to a large extent, Mooney viscosity, intrinsic viscosity, gel content and molecular weight distribution. The relative tack strengths of polyisoprenes of different molecular weights prepared in different catalyst systems are measured. The results are discussed in terms of microstructure. A study of the tack strength of oil-extended butadiene-styrene copolymers indicates that relative tack strength is related to the shear viscosity of the bulk polymer. Measurements of relative tack strength on Alfin and free radical butadiene-styrene copolymers, butyl, brominated butyl and butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymers confirm the inportance of shear viscosity in controlling tack strength. Choice of catalyst system and temperature of polymerization cause the largest variation in polymer viscosity. The contact time required for the relative tack strength to become unity is shown to be inversely dependent upon the value of the relative tack strength itself. Shear viscosity measurements are given for six classes of polymer and the values shown to correlate with relative tack strength. It is postulated that molecular weight (and probably also chain entanglement) is the controlling variable. The bond strength between two different uncured polymers is shown to depend upon the difference in cohesive energy densities of the two polymers.

scholarly journals Effects of oat bran, processed to different molecular weights of β-glucan, on plasma lipids and caecal formation of SCFA in mice

2010 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 364-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Immerstrand ◽  
Kristina E. Andersson ◽  
Caroline Wange ◽  
Ana Rascon ◽  
Per Hellstrand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Propionic Acid ◽  
Plasma Lipids ◽  
Plasma Cholesterol ◽  
Control Diet ◽  
Cholesterol Lowering ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Oat Bran ◽  
Diet Pattern ◽  
The Difference

In the present study, we evaluated the cholesterol-lowering effects of different oat bran (OB) preparations, differing regarding their peak molecular weight (MWp) of β-glucans (2348, 1311, 241, 56, 21 or < 10 kDa), in C57BL/6NCrl mice. The diets were designed to be atherogenic (0·8 % cholesterol and 0·1 % cholic acid), and they reflected the Western diet pattern (41 % energy fat). All OB preparations that were investigated significantly reduced plasma cholesterol when compared with a cellulose-containing control diet, regardless of the molecular weight of β-glucan. Moreover, the difference in viscous properties between the processed OB (from 0·11 to 17·7 l/g) did not appear to play a major role in the cholesterol-lowering properties. In addition, there was no correlation between the molecular weight of β-glucan and the amount of propionic acid formed in caecum. Interestingly, however, there was a significant correlation between the ratio of (propionic acid+butyric acid)/acetic acid and the MWpof β-glucans: the ratio increased with increasing molecular weight. The results of the present study suggest that the molecular weights and viscous properties of β-glucan in oat products may not be crucial parameters for their cholesterol-lowering effects.

Viscoelastic Behavior of Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Block Copolymers in Temperature Range of Glass-Rubber Transition of Styrene Block

1996 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Nakajima
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Block Copolymers ◽  
Viscoelastic Behavior ◽  
Shear Mode ◽  
Molecular Weight Polymer ◽  
Styrene Butadiene Styrene ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Tan Δ ◽  
Styrene Butadiene ◽  
Butadiene Styrene

Abstract Dynamic mechanical measurements were performed with styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) block copolymers, Kraton D-1101 and D-l 102. Isochronal data were obtained from −130 to 85°C in the tensile mode at 1 Hz and from 60 to 160°C in the shear mode at 1 rad/s. The isothermal measurements were also performed at 60, 90, 120, 140, and 160°C in the frequency range of 0.0316 to 100 rad/s. The results suggest that the two polymers have different morphologies although the styrene content and the diblock content are about the same for both polymers. Kraton D-1101, which has 1.5 times higher molecular weight, has 3–5 times higher rubbery modulus, compared to D-1102. The lower molecular weight polymer, D-1102, appears to have a larger amount of the mixed phase at the boundary. This is suggest by the lower temperature of the “domain disruption”, Tdd and the higher magnitude of tan δ at Tdd. This explains the difference in the rubbery moduli of the two polymers.

Effect of Temperature on Ozone Cracking of Butyl Rubbers

1968 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1294-1299 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Gent ◽  
H. Hirakawa
Keyword(s):  
Crack Growth ◽  
Ozone Concentration ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Segmental Mobility ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Styrene Copolymers ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Rates Of Growth ◽  
Rate Controlling Step ◽  
Butadiene Styrene

Abstract Rates of growth of single ozone cracks have been measured for vulcanizates of two butyl rubbers over the temperature range of 20-160° C. Over most of this range the rates are quantitatively related to the segmental mobility of the polymer and depend upon temperature in accord with the appropriate form of the WLF relation. The rates are also proportional to the concentration of ozone. It is therefore concluded that diffusion of ozone into the polymer before reaction is the rate-controlling step. This is contrasted with the behavior of butadiene styrene copolymers, for which rates of crack growth are also quantitatively related to the segmental mobility, but the rates are somewhat larger at equivalent mobilities and the dependence upon ozone concentration is smaller. The difference is attributed to different penetration distances before reaction in polymers containing low and high densities of reactive sites.

Effects of dextran on microvascular ischemia-reperfusion injury in striated muscle

1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (4) ◽  
pp. H1710-H1716 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Steinbauer ◽  
A. G. Harris ◽  
K. Messmer
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Reperfusion Injury ◽  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion ◽  
Capillary Density ◽  
Vessel Diameter ◽  
Functional Capillary Density ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
The Difference

The objectives of this study were 1) to elucidate the effects of dextran (Dx) at a nonhemodiluting dose of 5 mg/kg on ischemia-reperfusion injury in striated muscle and 2) to investigate whether the effects are dependent on the molecular weight of Dx. We used the model of a 4-h pressure-induced ischemia in the hamster skinfold chamber. By means of intravital microscopy the following parameters were assessed: vessel diameter, red blood cell velocity, rolling and adherent leukocytes, macromolecular extravasation, and functional capillary density. The animals received a continuous infusion (total dose 5 mg/kg) of dextran of different molecular weights or equivalent volumes of saline. Seven groups were studied: NaCl (control, n = 6), Dx 1 (n = 6), Dx 40 (n = 7), Dx 60 (n = 6), Dx 70 (n = 7), Dx 110 (n = 7), and Dx 150 (n = 7). Leukocyte rolling was reduced by all Dx fractions, the difference from the control reaching significance 0.5 h after reperfusion in the Dx 60, Dx 70, and Dx 110 group, whereas leukocyte adherence was attenuated by > 40,000-mol-wt Dx at 0.5 h after reperfusion. Concomitantly, functional capillary density tended to improve after treatment with > or = 40,000-mol-wt Dx. However, all Dx fractions studied failed to reduce postischemic macromolecular extravasation. These results provide evidence that Dx at 5 mg/kg attenuates postischemic microvascular disturbances; this effect is molecular weight dependent.

scholarly journals Properties and structure of high temperature resistant cyanate ester/polyethersulfone blends using solvent-free toughening approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyaysan Amirova ◽  
Fabian Schadt ◽  
Markus Grob ◽  
Christian Brauner ◽  
Thomas Ricard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Solvent Free ◽  
Cyanate Ester ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
The Difference

AbstractA high temperature resistant novolac cyanate ester was blended with polyethersulfone (PES) with different molecular weights using the solvent-free approach. The phase separation, curing behavior and thermal properties were studied using hot stage microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic mechanical analysis. Results showed the difference in the morphology for blends with different molecular weight PES explained by possible network formation. The influence of PES content on the glass transition temperature and mechanical properties was investigated. The most significant toughening effect (increase of 132% in fracture toughness) was achieved on a functionalized low molecular weight PES (20 parts per hundred of resin, phr). Rheology investigation allowed to estimate the optimal content of PES (15 phr) for further prepreg manufacturing.

Copolymerization of 5-norbornene-2-metheneoxy-trimethylsilyl with methyl 5-norbornene-2-carboxylate catalyzed by a novel Ni(benzocyclohexan-ketonaphthylimino)2/B(C6F5)3) system

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 415-423
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Wang ◽  
Xiaohui He ◽  
Defu Chen ◽  
Yiwang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Nmr Spectra ◽  
Catalyst System ◽  
Narrow Molecular Weight Distribution ◽  
Complex Catalyst ◽  
Good Thermal Stability ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Catalyst Systems ◽  
C Nmr

Abstract Copolymerization of 5-norbornene-2-metheneoxy-trimethylsilyl [NB-CH2OSi(CH3)3] with norbornene (NB) or methyl 5-norbornene-2-carboxylate (NB-COOCH3) was carried out in toluene by using novel nickel(II) complex catalyst systems, Ni(benzocyclohexan-ketonaphthylimino)2/B(C6F5)3 [Ni(bchkni)2/B(C6F5)3]. The catalyst system showed high activity on the copolymerization of NB-CH2OSi(CH3)3 with NB (2.3–3.3×104 gpolymer/molNi·h) and NB-CH2OSi(CH3)3 with NB-COOCH3(0.5–3.0×104 gpolymer/molNi·h). However, the solubility of copolymers of NB-CH2OSi(CH3)3 with NB and NB-CH2OSi(CH3)3 with NB-COOCH3, which contain 18.7–86.7 mol% of NB-CH2OSi(CH3)3, was too poor to characterize. The achieved copolymers were confirmed to be vinyl-addition copolymers through the analysis of FTIR, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectra. The incorporation rate was 8.7–86.7 mol% at a content of 10–90 mol% of the NB-CH2OSi(CH3)3 in the monomer feeds ratios. The obtained ester functionalized NB copolymer containing 8.7–18.7 mol% of NB-CH2OSi(CH3)3 showed a moderate molecular weight (Mw=1.6–6.0×104 g/mol) and relative narrow molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn=1.6–2.2). Thermogravimetry (TGA) analyses results showed that the copolymers exhibited good thermal stability (Td=330–350°C) and were noncrystalline by WAXD analyses results.

MOLECULAR WEIGHTS FROM MICRO QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS

1949 ◽  
Vol 27b (3) ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. E. Puddington
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Vapor Pressure ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Unknown Compound ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Pure Solvent ◽  
Unknown Substance ◽  
The Difference

A method is proposed for the determination of the molecular weight of chemical compounds in which the unknown substance may be used successfully m quantities of 1 mgm. or less. The method depends on the accurate measurement of the difference in vapor pressure between a solution of the unknown compound and the pure solvent, and this is accomplished with a modified mercury U-tube manometer. The results presented indicate that the difference between the experimental and theoretical molecular weights is of the order of 2%. Determinations require from two to three hours and the sample may be recovered.

Physical Properties of Fractions of GR-S and Their Vulcanizates

1949 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 494-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Yanko
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Intrinsic Viscosity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Average Molecular Weight ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Reduced Pressure ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Styrene Copolymers ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract A large-scale precise fractionation of GR-S (X-55) was carried out at 25° C, using a fractional precipitation technique. Nine fractions, each weighing approximately 150 grams and comprising about 11 per cent by weight of the original unfractionated sample, were obtained, with number-average molecular weights varying from 4000 to 1,650,000. High molecular fractions undergo gelation rapidly, even when dried in the absence of light at reduced pressure, and the higher the molecular weight of the fraction, the greater the amount of gel formed. Compared to unfractionated butadiene-styrene copolymers of similar gel contents, the gel portions of the higher molecular fractions had unusually high swelling indices, indicating qualitatively that the average molecular weights between points of effective cross-linking in the three-dimensional gel structure were higher than those found in the past in unfractionated samples of similar gel contents. Through the concentration range studied, the intrinsic viscosity values varied as a straight-line function of the concentration terms for all the fractions. However, the negative slopes of these lines increased as the molecular weight of the fraction increased, demonstrating the greater dependence of the intrinsic viscosity values of the higher molecular fractions on the concentration variable. The relationship between number-average molecular weight, as determined by osmometric measurements, and limiting intrinsic viscosity of the GR-S fractions is given by the equation: [η]0=5.4×10−4 M0.66, which is similar to that obtained by French and Ewart. The μi values calculated from the equation of Huggins were essentially the same (0.35) through the molecular range 12,400 to 723,000.

SILANE-TERMINATED LIQUID POLY(BUTADIENES) IN TREAD FORMULATIONS: A MECHANISTIC STUDY

2020 ◽  
pp. 000-000
Author(s):  
Fabien Salort ◽  
Steven K. Henning
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Viscoelastic Behavior ◽  
Mechanistic Study ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Silane Coupling Agents ◽  
Chain Entanglement ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Structure Property Relationships ◽  
Silane Coupling ◽  
History Of

ABSTRACT Liquid poly(butadienes) are materials that exhibit flow properties as their molecular weights are at or below that for significant chain entanglement. When applied to tire compound formulation in additive amounts, these low-molecular-weight oligomers are compatible with the elastomeric phase and can influence viscoelastic behavior. The present article will catalogue the history of the use of liquid poly(butadiene) materials in tire compounding, linking their varied application to the evolution of structure–property relationships as a function of microstructure changes. The result of this evolution is the commercialization of functionalized liquid polybutadienes, specifically silane-terminated grades designed for silica-filled systems. It has been found that these materials are not replacements for the typical silane coupling agents ubiquitously used in silica formulating but are rather synergistic with the established technology. The application of silane-terminated liquid poly(butadienes) can both improve traction indicators and limit the negative hysteresis effect commonly associated with the use of liquid poly(butadiene) resins. The mechanism behind the specific changes in viscoelastic and mechanical properties attributed to the addition of silane-terminated liquid poly(butadienes) is explored. It is found that the terminal silane function of the liquid poly(butadienes) may both interact with the silane coupling agent–modified surface of the dispersed silica particles and be available to condense with each other, forming a higher-molecular-weight structure that may effectively increase the apparent crosslink density and therefore bound rubber as an interpenetrating network that extends well into the elastomer phase.

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