Iodine Absorption on Polyvinyl Acetate

AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION OF VISCOELASTIC NANOINDENTATION ON POLYVINYL ACETATE By

Flow behaviour of polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) modified blends of polyvinyl acetate (PVAc)/natural rubber (NR) latexes

During compounding processes, polymer latexes are mixed with various colloidal systems (in particular, PVOH) or surface-active agents to modify the flow behaviour in order to suit the manufacturing process. In this study, the flow behaviour of aqueous dispersed PVAc, NR and different mixed dispersions were investigated both in the absence and presence of PVOH as flow modifier, using an Ostwald ...

Polyvinyl alcohol as a useful indicator on iodometry: volumetric and spectrophotometric studies on iodine-PVA and iodine-starch complexes.

Iodometry is one of the easiest, most rapid and accurate methods for the determination of a relatively small amount of oxidizing agent, such as residual chlorine. Starch has long been used as a useful color indicator in iodometry. However, we found that PVA (polyvinyl alcohol with partially saponificated; e.g., saponification degree of 88%) is a more useful color indicator than starch. For exam...

Model-based optimization of the production of polyvinyl acetate

In the environment of increasing demand and competitiveness the polymer manufacturers need to augment the production at the lowest cost. This work will consider the polymerization plant in Mitol factory in Sežana, Slovenia, which is nowadays working over ninety per cent of its capacity. The main variables affecting the duration of the reaction and thus the productivity are: the temperature in t...

Iodine Absorption Cells Purity Testing

This article deals with the evaluation of the chemical purity of iodine-filled absorption cells and the optical frequency references used for the frequency locking of laser standards. We summarize the recent trends and progress in absorption cell technology and we focus on methods for iodine cell purity testing. We compare two independent experimental systems based on the laser-induced fluoresc...