Blends of chitosan with hydrophilic polymers were investigated for miscibility. Chitosan/poly (vinyl alcohol) (CS/PVA), chitosan/poly vinylpyrollidone (CS/PVP) and chitosan/poly (ethylene oxide) (CS/PEO) blends were prepared in dilute aqueous acetic acid ( = 1 %) and found to be miscible over the entire composition range by dilute solution viscosity and rheological measurements. The miscibility...

e consider the effects of adding a PIB-PDMS diblock copolymer as a compatibilizer in model lends composed of polyisobutylene PIB and polydimethylsiloxane PDMS . The ratio of PIB to DMS was varied from 20:80 to 80:20 and, hence, these blends are dubbed “concentrated” blends. ost experiments were conducted on blends containing 0.01 or 0.1 wt. % compatibilizer. All lends had a droplet-matrix morph...

a new method was used to prepare abs/pa6 blends by in situ polymerization and compatibilization method. in this process, ε-caprolactam monomer was polymerized in presence of abs via activated anionic polymerization to produce pa6. the main ingredients of the reaction mixture included: monomer ()ε-caprolactam), catalyst na-caprolactamate), microactivator hdi)( and macro-activator sma)(. then, in...

Earlier studies at the Kevitsa Cu-Ni concentrator plant have indicated that seasonal variations of properties process water affect oxidation surface minerals, and further, pentlandite flotation performance. However, it is not clear whether differences in performance are solely due to changes mineral oxidation, and/or also oxidation-induced aqueous phase pulp. This paper investigates effects ore...

some innovative solutions are proposed to the problem of the unavoidable physical migration of antioxidants from plastic films for packaging, in order to minimize the consequent undesirable effect of food contamination. in previous exploratory tests, phenolic antioxidant co-units were achieved and incorporated into polyethylene chain and now the work is extended to create new families of polyme...

in this research, high oxygen-barrier films were organized based on low-density polyethylene (ldpe)/ ethylene vinyl alcohol (evoh)/ polyethylene-grafted maleic anhydride (ldpe-g-ma) compatibilizer. the effects of 10–30 wt. % evoh and 0–10 wt. % ldpe-g-ma loadings on the properties of final films were evaluated. the morphology of specimens was observed by using scanning electron microscopy (sem)...

Meeting US ethanol blending mandates proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency will require a substantial number of motorists with flex-fuel vehicles to switch from low ethanol-gasoline blends to high ethanol-gasoline blends. The lower the willingness to pay for high-ethanol blends, the greater the cost of complying with the proposed mandates. Existing estimates of the willingness to pay ...

A number of studies currently focus on the renewable fuels to reduce the reliance on petroleum fuels. Biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol have been studied and tested in many countries including India. One of the methods to reduce the use of fossil fuel is blending ethanol with fossil diesel. However, an emulsifier or a co-solvent is needed to homogenize the diesel-ethanol blends. The ric...

We derive an expression for the free energy of the blends of block copolymers expressed as a functional of the density distribution of the monomer of each block. The expression is a generalization of the Flory-Huggins-de Gennes theory for homo polymer blends, and also a generalization of the Ohta-Kawasaki theory for the melts of diblock copolymers. The expression can be used for any blends of h...

In this work, rheological properties of poly(lactic acid) (PLA), low density polyethylene (LDPE) polymer blends were investigated in the molten state. The experiments were carried on a capillary rheometer. The effect of shear stress, temperature and blending ratio on the flow activation energy at a constant shear stress and melt viscosity of the blends are described. The results showed that the...