Analysis of t-butylphenol acetylene condensed resin with methyl-methine linkages in vulcanized rubber by pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Methyl-methine linkages of Novolac, a commercially available t-butylphenol acetylene condensed (TBPA) resin, have been identified by recognition of pyrolysis pathways using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/mS) in vulcanized rubber. The diagnostic mass spectrum of t-butylphenol with methyl-methine linkages between phenolic rings was observed at m/z 192, corresponding to 4-t-butyl-2-ethyl-6-methylphenol. Other molecular ions were observed at m/z 178, 164, and 150 in the characteristic pyrolyzates. The ion at m/z 192 in the TBPA resin was observed to be characteristic for methyl-methine linkages between the phenolic groups, and the analytical pyrolysis-GC/mS method was thus able to identify the resin at low levels in vulcanized rubber. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Electromagnetic wave scattering by a small impedance particle: Theory and modeling

Electromagnetic (EM) waves, scattered by a small impedance particle of arbitrary shape, embedded in a homogeneous medium, are calculated by a new analytic formula. The range of applicability and the accuracy of this formula are illustrated by numerical results. The formula was derived in (*) A.G.Ramm, Optics Communications, 284,(2011), 3872–3877. The accuracy of the new formula is estimated by a comparison with the Mie-type solution for an impedance sphere.The novelty of our paper is in the demonstration of the range of applicability of the new formula and its practical value, by the numerical results and their comparison with the exact solution for EM wave scattering by impedance spheres. The exact solution is obtained in the form of Mie-type series, and is new. Estimate of the error of this series, in which five terms are kept, shows that the relative error of this solution is less than 10^? 3 for the parameters' range considered. The numerical results obtained are of interest to a wide audience, and the novelty of the formula from (*) is in its applicability to wave scattering by small particles of arbitrary shapes, when Mie-type solution is not applicable.