Growth and control of chloroprene popcorn.

Neil Brough, William Burns, Allan H. Fawcett, Sydney Harrod, Andrew B. Foster, Lai Wo. Poon

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    Abstract

    Microscopic studies showed that popcorn growth of chloroprene rubber is anisotropic. This growth was obsd. by two methods: the McBain balance to follow the reaction continuously as a seed suspended in a bucket incorporates monomer from the vapor, and seeds were grown from liq. feeds to yield a single sample for weighing. The former method allowed oxygen, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide to be introduced at certain flow rates to growing popcorn. Each of these gases were found to terminate popcorn growth. Isoprene was found to reduce popcorn growth when added as a second monomer in the liq. feeds. 4-Oxo-TEMPO in the liq. feeds at certain concns. was able to inhibit popcorn growth but not permanently. [on SciFinder(R)]
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)374-375
    Number of pages2
    JournalAmerican Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry
    Volume39
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - 1998

    Keywords

    • chloroprene rubber popcorn growth control
    • isoprene chloroprene rubber popcorn growth
    • TEMPO deriv chloroprene rubber popcorn growth

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