Solution Autoxidation of EPDM and Termonomers

1972 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 1125-1135
Author(s):  
H. Schnecko ◽  
J. S. Walker

Abstract Oxygen uptake of 3 low molecular weight ethylene-propylene terpolymers (EPDM) and their respective bicyclic diolefin termonomers (dicyclopentadiene, ethylidene norbornene, and methyl endomethylene hexahydronaphthalene) has been measured at ⩽70°. From the kinetic behavior and from the activation energy, it has been concluded that ethylidene norbornene reacts differently from the other two monomers; its autoxidation is much slower. In all cases, conversion is not very high due to formation of an unidentified inhibitor.

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 775-777
Author(s):  
Jair Leopoldo Raso ◽  
Rogério Zenóbio Darwich ◽  
Francisco de Lucca Jr ◽  
Romeu Valle Santana ◽  
Marco Túlio Tanure ◽  
...  

Cervical clot is one of the complications of endarterectomy. This risk may be higher in patients using aspirin or clopidogrel. On the other hand, stroke may occur if the medication is interrupted before surgery. We carried out a prospective study of 124 endarterectomies in 119 patients in which aspirin or clopidogrel was stopped and a bridge-therapy with enoxaparin was administered preoperatively. There was no case of stroke during the period of the bridge-therapy. One patient developed cervical clot (0.8%) in the fifth postoperative day. Mortality rate in this series was 0.8%. There was no complication directly related to the use of enoxaparin. Bridge-therapy with low molecular weight heparin is a safe strategy for patients elected for endarterectomy


2005 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Alice P. Rebelo ◽  
Vera Tostes ◽  
Nordeval C. Araújo ◽  
Sabrina V. Martini ◽  
Bruno F. Botelho ◽  
...  

Thirty-five patients (23 males and 12 females), age 35 ± 13 years old, presenting either idiopathic calcium nephrolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis or mild renal failure with idiopathic calcium nephrolithiasis were selected for the analysis of low molecular weight proteinuria and the possible mutations occurrence in the chloride channel gene CLCN5. The urinary ratio of beta2-microglobulin and creatinine (beta2M/Cr) was very high in a transplanted woman with nephrocalcinosis (>3.23 mg/mmol) and slightly high in five patients (>0.052 or < 1.0 mg/mmol) with multiple urological manipulations. Other studied patients showed beta2M/Cr ratio at normal range (0.003-0.052 mg/mmol) without gender difference (p > 0.05). Mutation analysis of CLCN5 gene was performed in 26 patients of 35 selected (11 with idiopathic hypercalciuria; 6 men with normal calciuria; 3 with mild renal insufficiency and 6 with nephrocalcinosis) and was normal in all subjects even in those with abnormal molecular weight proteinuria. Conclusion: CLCN5 gene mutation is not a common cause of kidney stone disease or nephrocalcinosis in a group of Brazilian patients studied.


1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jawed Fareed ◽  
Harry L Messmore ◽  
Daniel A Walz ◽  
Jean Choay ◽  
J C Lormeau

Numerous extraction, chromatographic (ion exchange, gel, and affinity), chemical and enzymatic degradation methods have been employed to obtain heparin fractions. The present assays to evaluate potency (e.g. pharmacopeial and coagulant) do not truly reflect the antithrombotic properties of these fractions. In addition, the synthetic peptide substrate based assays to measure the anti Xa activity do not correlate with the coagulant anti Xa assays. We have developed an in vitro test battery to evaluate low molecular weight heparin fractions. Porcine mucosal heparin fractions are assayed for anti Xa activity in coagulant and amidolytic assays and the results are expressed as a ratio. The effect of these fractions on coagulant assays such as prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), thrombin time (TT), Stypven time (ST) on freshly prepared normal human plasma (NHP) is determined The retention characteristics of these fractions on platelet factor 4 and AT-III bound sepharose columns were also determined. We have compared the extracted and chemically depolymerized heparin fractions and found that the anti Xa activity doesn’t always correlate with the other parameters studied. The extracted fractions were slightly stronger in the USP assays and showed a biphasic retention on the PF-4 column whereas the chemically depolymerized product showed only one peak. On the other hand, on the AT-III column both fractions showed similar elution patterns. Our studies suggest that heparin and its fractions exhibit differential behavior on various assays and a specific test may not be used as an index of the potency of their antithrombotic effects. Furthermore, the potency of these fractions should be stated on a weight basis when evaluated in the in vivo animal models rather than in terms of a specific test (e.g. anti Xa activity and US Pharmacopeial assays).


1954 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 400-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. O. Burton ◽  
F. J. Sowden ◽  
A. G. Lochhead

A procedure is described for the production and concentration of the 'terregens factor' (TF), a bacterial growth promoting substance synthesized by Arthrobacter pascens and essential for the growth of Arthrobacter terregens. From culture filtrates of A. pascens cultivated in a medium of inorganic salts and sucrose, concentrates of TF may be obtained that are active at 0.001 μgm. Per ml., heat stable and contain about 12.7% nitrogen. Acid hydrolysis yielded a number of amino acids, including glutamic acid, glycine, α–alanine, valine, leucine, proline, lysine, and arginine, as well as some unidentified compounds; however, TF does not appear to be a low molecular weight straight chain peptide.Although TF contains no iron, it combines readily with ferrous or ferric iron to form reddish-brown complexes with this metal. Activity for A. terregens is shown by certain iron containing complexes as hemin, coprogen, and ferrichrome. On the other hand none is shown by cytochrome or pulcherrimin; however, aspergillic acid, structurally related to the latter, possesses some growth promoting activity for the test organism.


Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Chao Yan ◽  
Md. Hossain ◽  
Michael Monteiro ◽  
Dimitris Vlassopoulos

We report on the viscoelastic properties of linear, monocyclic, and multicyclic polystyrenes with the same low molecular weight. All polymers investigated were found to exhibit unentangled dynamics. For monocyclic polymers without inner loops, a cyclic-Rouse model complemented by the contribution of unlinked chains (whose fraction was determined experimentally) captured the observed rheological response. On the other hand, multicyclic polymers with inner loops were shown to follow a hierarchical cyclic-Rouse relaxation with the outer loops relaxing first, followed by the inner loop relaxation. The influence of unlinked linear chains was less significant in multicyclic polymers with inner loops. The isofrictional zero-shear viscosity decreased with increasing number of constrained segments on the coupling sites, which was attributed to the decreasing loop size and the dilution effect due to the hierarchical relaxation.


1965 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-497
Author(s):  
E E Stinson ◽  
C O Willits

Abstract The colorants of pure maple, cane and maple, refined cane sugar, and light brown sugar sirups were separated into two fractions, one of high- and the other of lowmolecular weights, by means of gel filtration. The ratio of the amounts of high- to the low-molecular weight fractions of pure maple was the lowest of the four sirups and serves as a means of differentiation from these sirups. The color fraction ratio was highest for blended cane-maple sugar sirup. Many maple sirups are also distinguished by a pink band formed on the gel filtration column.


1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Hamed ◽  
F. Ogbimi

Abstract Butyl networks containing either unattached polyisobutylene chains or a low-molecular-weight plasticizer have been made by crosslinking butyl rubber in the presence of one of these diluents. With dodecane as a plasticizer, tear strength is reduced both because of a decrease in the density of load-bearing chains and diminished hysteresis. On the other hand, when the diluent is a high-molecular-weight polyisobutylene, tear strength is enhanced if the test rate is sufficiently high. In this case, the polyisobutylene chains are load bearing (at least initially) before slipping at higher strains to relieve local crack-tip stresses and blunt the propagating tear. This hysteretic mechanism delays the onset of crack propagation, thereby enhancing the fracture energy. However, at low tear rates, in which there is adequate time for the unattached chains to relax such that they bear little load and hysteresis is minimized, tear strength decreases with increasing free-chain content—much the same as occurs with a low-molecular-weight diluent. Finally, under conditions in which the average propagating tearing energy is enhanced for the butyl-polyisobutylene system, the initiation tearing energy is increased only moderately. This suggests that crack-tip blunting during steady-state tearing is at least partially responsible for increases in strength in the presence of free chains.


2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 537-546
Author(s):  
Heejong Son ◽  
Sangki Choi ◽  
Byungryul An ◽  
Hyejin Lee ◽  
Hoon-Sik Yoom

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of increasing the number of regeneration of granular activated carbon (GAC) on the adsorption capacity of natural organic matter (NOM), and to suggest the technical process options associated the limit number of regeneration and the efficient use of regenerated GAC.Methods : The physicochemical properties of virgin and thermally regenerated GAC were analyzed. To evaluate the NOM adsorption capacity of virgin- and regenerated-GAC, five laboratory-scale columns packed with virgin- and regenerated-GAC were used for treating effluent from pilot-scale drinking water treatment facility. The NOM concentration in the influent and the effluent treated by each column was analyzed by LC-OCD (liquid chromatography-organic carbon detector) to evaluate the adsorption capacity of each NOM fractions (humic substances (HS), building blocks (BB), low molecular weight organics (LMWs)).Results and Discussion : Due to the change in the pore structure of GAC by thermal regeneration, the volume of micropores (< 2 nm) decreased, while the volume of mesopores (> 2 nm) increased. The volume ratio of micropore in virgin-GAC was about 60%, but it gradually decreased as the number of regenerations increased, resulting that the volume ratio of micropore in the 5th-regenerated (5th-Re) GAC decreased to 23%. On the other hand, the volume ratio of mesopore increased in proportion to the number of regenerations from 40% of the virgin GAC to 77% of the 5th-Re-GAC. The DOC adsorption capacities of the regenerated GACs were higher than that of virgin GAC, and the DOC adsorption capacity increased as the number of regenerations increased. As a result of comparing the adsorption capacity of virgin- and regenerated-GAC by NOM fractions, the adsorption capacity of high molecular weight NOM, such as HS, increased by 1.5 to 1.7 times as the number of regenerations increased. In contrast, the adsorption capacity of low molecular weight NOM, such as BB and LMWs, decreased by 78% and 48% as the number of regeneration increased. The limit number of regeneration was evaluated based on that the adsorption capacity (qe) of each NOM fractions keep over than 70% relative to its virgin GAC. As a result, the adsorption capacity for low molecular weight NOM was greatly reduced in GAC regenerated over than 3rd time, so that the 2nd-Re-GAC was valid to keep 70% removal of whole NOM fractions. Low adsorption of low molecular weight NOM (BB and LMWs) by 3rd-Re-GAC could be complemented by using together with virgin-GAC, and low adsorption of high molecular NOMs (HS) could be compensated as well.Conclusions : Due to the change in the pore structure of GAC by thermal regeneration, the DOC adsorption capacity was higher in regenerated GAC than its virgin-GAC, and the adsorption capacity of DOC and high molecular weight NOM (HS) was enhanced as the number of regenerations increased. On the other hand, the pore volume of micropore was reduced by regenerations, and in more than 3rd times regenerations, the adsorption capacity of low molecular weight NOMs (BB and LMWs) was reduced by less than 70% compared to its virgin GAC, so that 2nd-Re-GAC was suggested for suitable GAC. When using a mixture of virgin- and 3rd-Re-GAC, low adsorption of low molecular weight NOM (BB and LMWs) by 3rd-Re-GAC could be complemented by using together with virgin-GAC, and low adsorption of high molecular NOMs (HS) could be compensated as well.


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