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  • crab shell chitin whisker reinforced natural rubber nanocomposites 1 processing and swelling behavior
    Biomacromolecules, 2003
    Co-Authors: Kalaprasad Gopalan Nair, Alain Dufresne
    Abstract:

    Nanocomposite materials were obtained from a colloidal suspension of chitin whiskers as the reinforcing phase and latex of both unvulcanized and prevulcanized natural rubber as the matrix. The chitin whiskers, prepared by acid hydrolysis of chitin from crab shell, consisted of slender parallelepiped rods with an aspect ratio close to 16. After the two aqueous suspensions were mixed and strirred, solid composite films were obtained either by freeze-drying and hot-pressing or by casting and evaporating the preparations. The processing and swelling behavior of composite films were evaluated. It was concluded that the whiskers form a rigid network assumed to be governed by a percolation mechanism in the evaporated samples only. Comparatively, better resistance of evaporated samples than hot-pressed ones against swelling in an organic Solvent Medium is good evidence for the existence of a rigid chitin network. The values of diffusion coefficient, bound rubber content, and relative weight loss also supported th...

  • crab shell chitin whisker reinforced natural rubber nanocomposites 1 processing and swelling behavior
    Biomacromolecules, 2003
    Co-Authors: Kalaprasad Gopalan Nair, Alain Dufresne
    Abstract:

    Nanocomposite materials were obtained from a colloidal suspension of chitin whiskers as the reinforcing phase and latex of both unvulcanized and prevulcanized natural rubber as the matrix. The chitin whiskers, prepared by acid hydrolysis of chitin from crab shell, consisted of slender parallelepiped rods with an aspect ratio close to 16. After the two aqueous suspensions were mixed and strirred, solid composite films were obtained either by freeze-drying and hot-pressing or by casting and evaporating the preparations. The processing and swelling behavior of composite films were evaluated. It was concluded that the whiskers form a rigid network assumed to be governed by a percolation mechanism in the evaporated samples only. Comparatively, better resistance of evaporated samples than hot-pressed ones against swelling in an organic Solvent Medium is good evidence for the existence of a rigid chitin network. The values of diffusion coefficient, bound rubber content, and relative weight loss also supported the presence of a three-dimensional chitin network within the evaporated samples. The mechanical behavior of the composites gives additional insight and evidence for this fact (part 2).

Kalaprasad Gopalan Nair - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • crab shell chitin whisker reinforced natural rubber nanocomposites 1 processing and swelling behavior
    Biomacromolecules, 2003
    Co-Authors: Kalaprasad Gopalan Nair, Alain Dufresne
    Abstract:

    Nanocomposite materials were obtained from a colloidal suspension of chitin whiskers as the reinforcing phase and latex of both unvulcanized and prevulcanized natural rubber as the matrix. The chitin whiskers, prepared by acid hydrolysis of chitin from crab shell, consisted of slender parallelepiped rods with an aspect ratio close to 16. After the two aqueous suspensions were mixed and strirred, solid composite films were obtained either by freeze-drying and hot-pressing or by casting and evaporating the preparations. The processing and swelling behavior of composite films were evaluated. It was concluded that the whiskers form a rigid network assumed to be governed by a percolation mechanism in the evaporated samples only. Comparatively, better resistance of evaporated samples than hot-pressed ones against swelling in an organic Solvent Medium is good evidence for the existence of a rigid chitin network. The values of diffusion coefficient, bound rubber content, and relative weight loss also supported th...

  • crab shell chitin whisker reinforced natural rubber nanocomposites 1 processing and swelling behavior
    Biomacromolecules, 2003
    Co-Authors: Kalaprasad Gopalan Nair, Alain Dufresne
    Abstract:

    Nanocomposite materials were obtained from a colloidal suspension of chitin whiskers as the reinforcing phase and latex of both unvulcanized and prevulcanized natural rubber as the matrix. The chitin whiskers, prepared by acid hydrolysis of chitin from crab shell, consisted of slender parallelepiped rods with an aspect ratio close to 16. After the two aqueous suspensions were mixed and strirred, solid composite films were obtained either by freeze-drying and hot-pressing or by casting and evaporating the preparations. The processing and swelling behavior of composite films were evaluated. It was concluded that the whiskers form a rigid network assumed to be governed by a percolation mechanism in the evaporated samples only. Comparatively, better resistance of evaporated samples than hot-pressed ones against swelling in an organic Solvent Medium is good evidence for the existence of a rigid chitin network. The values of diffusion coefficient, bound rubber content, and relative weight loss also supported the presence of a three-dimensional chitin network within the evaporated samples. The mechanical behavior of the composites gives additional insight and evidence for this fact (part 2).

Marcio W Paixao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

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  • Effects of concentration, temperature and Solvent composition on density and apparent molar volume of the binary mixtures of cationic-anionic surfactants in methanol–water mixed Solvent media
    SpringerPlus, 2013
    Co-Authors: Ajaya Bhattarai, Sujeet Kumar Chatterjee, Tulasi Prasad Niraula
    Abstract:

    The accurate measurements on density of the binary mixtures of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and sodium dodecyl sulphate in pure water and in methanol(1) + water (2) mixed Solvent media containing (0.10, 0.20, and 0.30) volume fractions of methanol at 308.15, 318.15, and 323.15 K are reported. The concentrations are varied from (0.03 to 0.12) mol.l^-1 of sodium dodecyl sulphate in presence of ~ 5.0×10^-4 mol.l^-1 cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. The results showed almost increase in the densities with increasing surfactant mixture concentration, also the densities are found to decrease with increasing temperature over the entire concentration range, investigated in a given mixed Solvent Medium and these values are found to decrease with increasing methanol content in the Solvent composition. The concentration dependence of the apparent molar volumes appear to be negligible over the entire concentration range, investigated in a given mixed Solvent Medium and the apparent molar volumes increase with increasing temperature and are found to decrease with increasing methanol content in the Solvent composition.

  • effects of concentration temperature and Solvent composition on the partial molar volumes of sodium lauryl sulfate in methanol 1 water 2 mixed Solvent media
    Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2011
    Co-Authors: Ajaya Bhattarai, Sujeet Kumar Chatterjee, Tarun K Deo, Tulasi Prasad Niraula
    Abstract:

    Precise measurements on the density of sodium lauryl sulfate in pure water and in methanol (1) + water (2) mixed Solvent media containing (0.10, 0.20, 0.30, and 0.40) volume fractions of methanol at (298.15, 308.15, 318.15, and 323.15) K are reported. The concentrations are varied from (0.3·10–1 to 1.3·10–1) mol·kg–1. The results were almost constant on the partial molar volumes with increasing surfactant concentration. Also, the partial molar volumes are found to increase with increasing temperature over the entire concentration range investigated in a given mixed Solvent Medium and are found to decrease with increasing methanol content in the Solvent composition.

S Chandrasekhar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.