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Manufacturing and process methods in polymer
Different production routes entail significantly different costings, and the selection of the manufacturing method is therefore a key step in…
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Polymer Raw Materials: History Continues
In developing my TED talk on chemical engineers and on the innovations now being made in the use of biomass feedstocks, I started…
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What are Natural Polymers?
A polymer is basically synthesized by joining small molecules or substances into a single giant molecule by a chemical process.…
Polymer Science 2 min read
FLORY-HUGGINS PARAMETER
Many thermodynamic properties of polymer solutions such as solubility, phase equlibria as well as swelling equilibria of isolated polymer coils…
Polymer Science 3 min read
Molecular Weight and The Effects on Polymer Properties
Molecular weight can have a huge impact on a material’s final properties. Understanding this materials characteristic can help you better…
Polymer Science 2 min read
POLYMER SOLUBILITY AND SOLUBILITY PARAMETER
Solubility parameters were initially developed to guide solvent selection in the paint and coatings industry. Today, they are widely used…
Polymer Science 3 min read
OSMOTIC PRESSURE OF POLYMER SYSTEMS
The osmotic pressure is the minimum pressure that has to be applied to a polymer solution to prevent a solvent…
Polymer Science 1 min read
Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)
Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) for measurement of polymer molecular weight, size and structure. Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) is an analytical…
Polymer Science 5 min read
Fractionation of Polymers
Introduction In the working group of Professor Wolf two different kinds of polymer fractionation techniques were developed. They allow the…
Polymer Science 4 min read
MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION
The polymerization process, whether proceeding by chain growth or by step-growth, is ruled by random events. The result is a mixture of polymers…
Polymer Science 3 min read
Molecular Weight Definition
Molecular weight is a measure of the sum of the atomic weight values of the atoms in a molecule. Molecular weight is used in chemistry…
Polymer Science 2 min read
Polymer Solutions
The importance assigned to polymer solutions, a topic whose discussion has evolved from a mere informative mention in textbooks to…
