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Title Polystyrene : properties, performance, and applications / editor, James E. Gray
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 188 pages) : illustrations
Series Materials science and technologies
Materials science and technologies series.
Contents POLYSTYRENE: PROPERTIES, PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS -- POLYSTYRENE: PROPERTIES, PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- POLYSTYRENE TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE: PROGRESS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF POLYMERS ATTRITION DURING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS -- 2.1. Description of Attrition Device -- 2.2. Specimen Preparation -- 2.3. Contact Angles Measurements and Surface Free Energy -- 2.4. Atomic Force Microscopy Examinations -- 2.5. Infrared Spectroscopy Measurements
2.6. Differential Scanning Calorimetry Measurements 2.7. Rheological Measurements -- 2.8. Gel-Permeation Chromatography (GPC) Measurements -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Discussion of Rubbing Results -- 3.2. Discussion of Attrition Results -- Applied Normal Force Effect -- Hemispheres Velocity Effect -- Polymer Molecular Weight Effect -- 3.3. Discussion of Adhesion and Rubbing at the Nanometric Scale -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES
BIODEGRADABILITY OF POLYSTYRENE THAT CONTAINS N-BENZYL-4-VINYLPYRIDINIUM CHLORIDE IN THE MAIN CHAIN ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INDISPENSABLE QUALITY REQUIRED FOR BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER -- Quality Required for Excellent Biodegradability -- Quality Required for Test Microbes in Charges of Biodegradation -- DURABILITY AND BIODEGRADABILITY OF SYNTHETIC POLYMER -- PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTION OF N-BENZYL-4-VINYLPYRIDINIUM CHLORIDE TO BIODEGRADATION OF THE MODIFIED POLYSTYRENE -- Extraordinarily Strong Biodegradability
Powerful Stimulation of Microbes to Degrade the Connected Portion Highly Nutritive Worth for Microbes in Charges of Biodegradation -- Proliferation of Bacteria on the Surface of Cross-Linked PBVP(Br) -- Violent Digestion of Cross-Linked PBVP(Br) by Activated Sludge -- Strong Bactericidal Activity of Not-Cross-Linked PBVP(Br) -- Strong Affinity with Microbial Cells That Increases Opportunity of Biodegradation -- Capture of Bacterial Cells by Adhesion on the Surface of Cross-Linked PBVP(Br) -- Influence of Chemical Structure on the Ability to Capture Bacterial Cells
Influence of Electrostatic and Hydrophobic Interactions on the Capture of Bacterial Cells Strong Hydrophilicity That Assists Biodegradation -- EXPERIMENTAL METHODS -- Materials -- Preparation of Copolymers of Styrene with N-Benzyl-4-Vinylpyridinium Chloride -- Degradation of the Modified Polystyrene by the Treatment with Activated Sludge in Soil -- DEGRADATION OF THE MODIFIED POLYSTYRENE DURING TREATMENT WITH ACTIVATED SLUDGE IN SOIL -- Biodegradation of Pst-co-BVP(Cl) In Molar Ratio 1:1 -- Biodegradation of PSt-co-BVP(Cl) in Molar Ratio 2:1
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Polystyrene.
Polystyrenes
polystyrene.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
Polystyrene
Form Electronic book
Author Gray, James E. (James Ehren), 1960-
ISBN 9781619424845
1619424843