background and aims. polymerization efficacy affects the properties and performance of composite resin restorations. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of polymerization of two micro-hybrid, two nano-hybrid and one nano-filled ormocer-based composite resins, cured by two different light-curing systems, using fourier transformation infrared (ft-ir) spectroscopy and vicke...

Corn stalk can be used as an alternative non-wood raw material to produce cellulosic dissolving grade pulp. In this work, the potential of corn stalk in the production of dissolving pulp (alpha-cellulose) was investigated. It was collect ed from a corn stalk farm of Kermanshah, Iran. The sequences of experimental work were: water and acid prehydrolysis at 160˚C for 30min, followed by Kraft pulp...

This study presents the synthesis of polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) by solution polymerization and its partial hydrolysis to polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) using alkaline alcoholysis. The influence of the molar ratio of hydrolysis catalyst (NaOH) to PVAc and the time and temperature of the saponification reaction on the degree of hydrolysis and molecular weight of the PVA were investigated using response su...

polythiophenes are of considerable interest as synthetic metals. the optical properties of polythiophenes can be easily affected by alkyl chain or other side groups to the thiophene ring. the effect of polymerization degree on the energy gap was studied in the case of polythiophene as a conjugated polymer at b3lyp/6-31+g(3d,3p) level of theory. up to n = 16 could be confident that this degree o...

This paper describes the aging behavior of the oil impregnated repulped cellulose and compares it with the aging behavior of the oil impregnated standard cellulose. In order to evaluate the reliability of using repulped cellulose in transformers, the accelerated aging process was applied to both types of cellulose by increasing the temperature to 150 °C and their aging behavior was studied and ...

The induction of variable disulfide polymerization of IgM in the trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and its effect on its half-life were examined. An association between greater Ab affinity and increased disulfide polymerization was first indicated by the observation of this increased IgM disulfide polymerization during the process of affinity maturation. A direct association between Ab affinity and d...

this study presents the synthesis of polyvinyl acetate (pvac) by solution polymerization and its partial hydrolysis to polyvinyl alcohol (pva) using alkaline alcoholysis. the influence of the molar ratio of hydrolysis catalyst (naoh) to pvac and the time and temperature of the saponification reaction on the degree of hydrolysis and molecular weight of the pva were investigated using response su...