Search results for "mass distribution"

1992

The kinetics and the molecular weight distributions (MWD) in the anionic polymerization of tert-butyl acrylate (tBuA) in tetrahydrofuran at 23 ± 3°C were investigated. Tert-butyl α-lithioisobutyrate (tBiB-Li) was used as the initiator in the absence and presence of the additives lithium chloride and lithium tert-butoxide (tBuOLi). A flow tube reactor was used which allowed very rapid mixing of reagents, within milliseconds. The polymerization is extremely fast, half-lives being 0,01 s for the system without additive, 0,05 s for LiCl and 3 s for tBuOLi as an additive. The rate of termination was estimated from the strong UV absorption of the enolized β-oxoester end group formed. The number-a…

Monitoring WWTP performance using size-exclusion chromatography with simultaneous UV and fluorescence detection to track recalcitrant wastewater frac…

2018

Abstract A trial monitoring of a typical full-scale municipal WWTP in Central Finland was aimed to explore applicability of high performance liquid chromatography – size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) with simultaneous UV and fluorescence detection as a tool for advanced routine monitoring of wastewater treatment. High, intermediate, and low molecular weight (MW) fractions of untreated wastewater (influent) and treated wastewater (secondary effluent) were characterized in terms of UV absorbance at 254 nm (UVA254) and specific fluorescence representing tyrosine-like, tryptophan-like, and humic/fulvic-like compounds. The activated sludge treatment removed 97 ± 1% of BOD, 93 ± 2% of COD, 71 …

Convenient Access to α‐Amino‐ω‐Hydroxyl Heterobifunctional PEG and PPO via a Sacrificial Hexahydro‐Triazine Star Strategy

2019

The anionic ring opening polymerizations of ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO) are performed by using 1,3,5-triethanol hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (TrAz) as a "sacrificial" trifunctional initiator. Well-defined three-arm star polymers are obtained with a narrow molecular weight distribution (M w /M n < 1.1). Molecular weights range from 3-15 kg mol-1 . Since these star polymers possess an acid-labile hexahydro-triazine core, acidic hydrolysis leads to cleavage of the arms. This gives access to well-defined α-amino-ω-hydroxyl heterobifunctional poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) in the molecular weight range of 1-5 kg mol-1 and low dispersity M w /M n < 1.1. T…

Secondary structure of peptides. 4:13C-Nmr CP/MAS investigation of solid oligo- and poly(L-alanines)

1983

Primary and tertiary amine-initiated polymerizations of L-alanine-N-carboxyanhydride (L-Ala-NCA) were conducted at 20 or 100°C in a variety of solvents. The 75.5-MHz 13C-nmr CP/MAS spectra of the resulting poly(L-alanines) revealed that all samples contain both α-helix and pleated-sheet structures. Depending on the reaction conditions the α-helix content varied between ca. 1 and 99%. Reprecipitation from aprotic nonsolvents does not change the α-helix/β-sheet ratio, indicating that this ratio is thermodynamically controlled. Since relatively large amounts of oligopeptides of degree of polymerization (DP) 4–6 can be extracted by means of acetic acid, it is concluded that (a) most poly(L-alan…

Sulfur-free pulping of hot-water-extracted spruce sawdust

2016

Softwood (Picea abies) sawdust was hot-water-extracted with two multi-phase processes (160-180°C, 100-280 min, and liquor-to-wood ratio 5 l/kg) corresponding to P-factors of ~780 (yield 80.0%) and ~4580 (yield 72.4%). The pre-treated materials were then pulped with the soda-AQ cooking (170°C, NaOH charge 20%, AQ charge 0.1%, 30-150 min, and liquor-to-wood ratio 5 l/kg), resulting in a yield range of 36.1-61.4% (for reference cooks without pre-extraction 47.9-60.0%). It was observed that the pre-extraction under moderate conditions enhanced the dissolution especially of large-molar-mass lignin during cooking, and the total amount of the dissolved lignin was also higher than that removed from…

1988

Synthese par alkylation reductrice de l'anthracene par des electrophiles bifonctionnels comme le dibromo-1,3 propane. Le polymere du titre est un precurseur du polymere redox polyanthrylenetrimethylene

Über die bestimmung der strömungsdispersion zur ermittlung von molekulargewichtsverteilungen mit der gelchromatographie

1974

Die Kenntnis der axialen Dispersion ist eine notwendige Voraussetzung zur Ermittlung von Molekulargewichtsverteilungen aus der gelchromatographischen Elutionskurve. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschaftigt sich mit der Bestimmung der axialen Dispersion unter Verwendung monodisperser Polymerer. Abschliesend wird ein Verfahren vorgeschlagen, welches aus der gelchromatographischen Elutionskurve von Proben mit bekannter Molekulargewichtsverteilung die Dispersion naherungsweise zu ermitteln gestattet. The knowledge of the axial dispersion is necessary for the determination of molecular weight distributions from gel permeation chromatography elution diagrams. This work deal with the determination of th…

Molar Mass Distribution and Size of Hydroxyethyl Starch Fractions Obtained by Continuous Polymer Fractionation

2002

By the use of continuous polymer fractionation (CPF) the initial polymer can be separated into fractions of different molar masses, which makes it possible to obtain hydroxyethyl starch (HES) fractions tailor-made for specific application. Two samples of HES (HES A and HES B) were fractionated by means of CPF. By size-exclusion chromatography-multi-angle laser light-scattering-differential refractive index (SEC/ MALLS/DRI) measurements it was shown that CPF is able to remove the low-molar-mass components and to adjust the samples to various desired molar masses with lower polydispersities than the original samples. In terms of the weight-average mean molar mass M w , the sol fractions have …

A Flux Method for the Numerical Solution of the Stochastic Collection Equation

1998

Abstract A new mass conservative flux method is presented for the numerical solution of the stochastic collection equation. The method consists of a two-step procedure. In the first step the mass distribution of drops with mass x′ that have been newly formed in a collision process is entirely added to grid box k of the numerical grid mesh with xk ⩽ x′ ⩽ xk+1. In the second step a certain fraction of the water mass in grid box k is transported to k + 1. This transport is done by means of an advection procedure. Different numerical test runs are presented in which the proposed method is compared with the Berry–Reinhardt scheme. These tests show a very good agreement between the two approaches…

Über die bestimmung des zahlenmittels des molekulargewichts von polyoxymethylenen. 36. Mitt. Über polyoxymethylene

1968

Die Bestimmung des Zahlenmittels des Molekulargewichts (Mn) von Polyoxymethylenen durch Osmose, durch Kryoskopie, durch chemische und infrarotspektroskopische Endgruppenbestimmung und durch andere Methoden wird diskutiert. Osmotische Messungen in Phenol bei 90°C gelangen mit Cellophanmembranen besser als mit Glasmembranen. Kryoskopische Messungen nach RAST in Campher ergaben nur in Gegenwart eines Antioxydans zuverlassige Ergebnisse. Zur Endgruppenanalyse wurde vor allem die infrarotspektroskopische Bestimmung von Acetatgruppen weiterentwickelt; zur Auswertung wurde die Intensitat der Carbonylbande bei 5,70 μ in Beziehung gesetzt zu der CH2-Bande bei 6,8 μ und eine Eichung mit Hilfe des Chr…