Dynamically Photocrosslinking of Polypropylene／EPDM Blends as a Thermoplastic Elastomer

The mechanical properties and the crystal morphological structures of the dynamically photocrosslinked polypropylene (PP)/ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM) blends have been studied by means of mechanical tests, wide-angle X-ray diffraction(WAXD), and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). The dynamically photocrosslinking of the PP/EPDM blends can improve the mechanical properties considerably, especially the notched Izod impact strength at low temperatures. The data obtained from the mechanical tests show that the notched Izod impact strength of the dynamically photocrosslinked sample with 30% EPDM at -20℃ is about six times that of the uncrosslinked sample with the same EPDM component. The results from the gel content, the results of WAXD, and the DSC measurements reveal the enhanced mechanism of the impact strength for the dynamically photocrosslinked PP/EPDM blends as follows: (1) There exists the crosslinking of the EPDM phase in the photocrosslinked PP/EPDM blends ; (2) The β-type crystal structureof PP is formed and the content of α-type crystal decreases with increasing the EPDM component; (3) The graft copolymer of PP-g-EPDM is formed at the interface between the PP and EPDM components. All the above changes of the crystal morphological structures are favorable for increasing the compatibility and enhancing the toughness of the PP/EPDM blends at low temperatures.     

Study of N,N′-dihydroxyethyldithiooxamide by X-ray diffraction,u.v.-vis,NMR, Raman and i.r. spectroscopy

The vibrational, NMR and electronic spectra of HO(CH₂)_xNHCSCSNH(CH₂)_xOH (x = 2,3,5,6) are discussed. A vibrational analysis has been proposed for the N,N′-dihydroxyethyldithiooxamide (x = 2) and its deuterated (NH/ND, OH/OD) analogue. The structure of N,N′-DHEDTO was solved by X-ray analysis. M_r = 208, monoclinic, space group P2₁/n, a = 9.8800(5) Å, b = 11.3260(7) Å, c = 9.7806(8) Å, β = 119.366(5)°, V = 953.8 ų, Z = 4, Dc = 1.365 Mgm⁻¹,μ(CuKα) = 0.47 mm⁻¹, F(000) = 440.00, T = 300 K. Final conventional R-factor = 0.036, R_w = 0.037, for 1608 unique reflections with I > 3.σ(I) out of 1800 measurements. The structure was solved using the automatic programs PATSYS and DIRDIF. The two νOH bands in the i.r. spectrum are in agreement with the crystallographic structure, which proposes that the unit cell of the compound consists of two independent molecules.     

Copolymers of 4‐(3′,4′‐Dimethoxycinnamoyl)phenyl Acrylate and MMA: Synthesis,Characterization, Photocrosslinking Properties,and Monomer Reactivity Ratios

Abstract

4‐(3′,4′‐Dimethoxycinnamoyl)phenyl acrylate (DMCPA) containing pendant chalcone moiety was copolymerized with methyl methacrylate (MMA) by radical polymerization in ethyl methyl ketone at 70°C under a nitrogen atmosphere using benzoyl peroxide (BPO) as a free radical initiator. The prepared polymer was characterized by UV, FT‐IR, ¹H‐NMR, and ¹³C‐NMR spectra. The composition of the copolymer was determined using ¹H‐NMR analysis. The monomer reactivity ratios of copolymerization were determined using conventional linearization methods such as Fineman–Ross (r ₁ = 0.26 and r ₂ = 0.61), Kelen–Tudos (r ₁ = 0.26 and r ₂ = 0.61), and Ext. Kelen–Tudos (r ₁ = 0.23 and r ₂ = 0.59), and a non‐linear error‐in‐variables model (EVM) method using the computer program RREVM (r ₁ = 0.2541 and r ₂ = 0.6094). The molecular weights (M _w and M _n) of the copolymers were determined by gel permeation chromatography. Thermogravimetric analysis of the polymers in air reveals that the stability of the copolymers decreases with an increase in the mole fraction of MMA in the copolymers. The solubility of the polymers was tested in various polar and non‐polar solvents. The glass transition temperature of the copolymers was determined as a function of copolymer composition. The copolymers were sensitive to UV light and became crosslinked after irradiation with 254 nm light.     

Arylsulfimide Polymers. IV. Prototype Transamidations–A Comparison of the Reactions of Benzamides,Benzimides, Sulfonamides,Sulfonimides, and Saccharins

Transamidation reactions of nonpolymerizing systems involving benzamides, phthalimides, arylsulfonamides, benzenedisulfonamides and -disulfonim-ides, and saccharins are described. The study includes reactions of both N-substituted and unsubstituted amides and imides with anilines and aniline hydrochlorides. An evaluation of the results of these reactions, aimed at establishing the optimum conditions for transamidations in polymerizing systems, is also presented.     

A review of: “Instrumental HPTLC,by W. Bertsch,S. Hara,R. E. Kaiser,and A. Zlatkis,editors, H. Verlag,Heidelberg, West Germany, 1980, 390 pp., cloth bound.”

Abstract

To understand the retention mechanisms involved in reversed-phase micelle chromatography, two models were examined to study the temperature and micelle concentration contribution to the retention process. the first model described the temperature contribution, using the van's Hoff equation, for each of the three equilibria: micelle-to-extra-micelle-mobile-phase, extra-micellar-mobile-phase-to-stationary phase and micelle-to-stationary phase. the second model described the temperature contribution on k' irrespective of the various equilibria involved. It was found that the enthalpy of retention obtained with the second model decreased with increasing micelle concentration. This contradicted a primary assumption in the first model that the equilibrium constants were independent of micelle concentration. No relationship was found between the enthalpy of retention evaluated with either model and the polarity of the partitioned solute molecules. A correlation was found between the entropy of retention and the polarity of these molecules. Fluorescence studies indicated that the micelle solvated molecules were probably located in the core of the micelles which contained other mobile phase components such as 1-propanol and water.