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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Polymethyl methacrylate"”.
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Pyrolysis and Flamelet Model for Polymethyl Methacrylate in Solid Fuel Sc(ramjet) Combustors
… combustion and regression of solid model fuel polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). The diffusion flame between the fuel and oxidizer was studied numerically using a solid fuel decomposition and melt layer model to simulate convection and pyrolysis of the material. This model was validated using new …
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Calorimetric behavior of methacrylic polymers
… determine the enthalpies and specific heats of polymethyl methacrylate, polydimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, polycyclohexyl methacrylate, polyallyl methacrylate, and polyethyl acrylate from 120 to 300°C, and to determine a method for estimating their specific heats. Enthalpies of the selected …
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ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΜΕΤΑΠΤΩΣΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΜΑΚΡΟΜΟΡΙΑΚΩΝ ΑΛΥΣΙΔΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΤΩΝ ΣΥΝΘΗΚΩΝ Θ
… STUDY OF DILUTE SOLUTIONS OF POLYSTYRENE POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE AND POLYVINYL-2-PIRIDINE VERSUS TEMPERATURE SHOWED THAT THE MACROMOLECULARECHAINS UNDERGO AN ABRUPT LOWERING OF THEIR DIMENSIONS ABOVE THE Θ CONDITIONS. THIS TRANSITION IS ATTRIBUTED TO AN ABRUPT CHANGE OF THE FLEXIBILITY OF …
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Low-voltage spatial-phase-locked scanning-electron-beam lithography
… the resists hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). Unlike electronbeam lithography at higher voltages, LVEBL has minimal proximity effects and is not resolution-limited by these effects. The fabrication of ultra-thin photoresist grids is investigated and the secondary …
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Implementation of viscoelastic Hopkinson bars
… bars. In this dissertation, Polycarbonate, Polymethyl Methacrylate and Nylon are considered for use as Hopkinson bars. Conventional Hopkinson bar analysis cannot be used on the polymeric bars due to the viscoelastic nature of the bar material. As stress waves propagate along the length of …
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ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΟΛΥΜΕΡΩΝ ΕΥΡΙΣΚΟΜΕΝΩΝ ΕΝ ΔΙΑΛΥΣΕΙ ΕΝΤΟΣ ΔΥΟ ΜΕΡΙΚΩΣ ΑΝΑΜΙΓΝΥΟΜΕΝΩΝ ΥΓΡΩΝ ΘΟΛΟΜΕΤΡΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΙΞΩΔΟΜΕΤΡΙΚΑ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ
… POLYSTYRENE (PS), POLYETHYLENEGLYCOLE (PEG), POLYMETHYL-METHACRYLATE (PMMA). THE TURBIDIMETRIC RESULTS SHOWED THAT A SMALL QUANTITY OF THE POLYMER PROVOKES AN IMPORTANT DISPLACEMENT OF THE COEXISTENCE CURVE OF THE TWO LIQUIDS TOWARDS HIGHER TEMPERATURES. THIS DISPLACEMENT IS RELATED WITH A …
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Design and development of desktop fiber and fabric manufacturing system for advanced materials
… included fibers with Polycarbonate(PC) core and Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA), hollow fibers with PC and PMMA, and 3 layer fiber with Polystyrene (PS) cladding, Polycaprolactone (PCL) layer, and PS core. These fibers were used for neural probing and cell scaffold.
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A patterning process utilizing a nanoimprint lithography for fabrication of planar perpendicular patterned magnetic media
… ability to pattern a 60 nanometer thick film of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) into 45 nanometer high pillars with a density correlating to 258 Gbits/in<sup>2</sup>over a 100 μm<sup>2</sup> area.</p>
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Micromechanics of toughening in polymeric composites
… localized crazing followed by failure [e.g., polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA), polystyrene (PS)], or cavitation-induced brittle failure under high triaxiality [e.g., polycarbonate (PC)]. Judicious choice of polymer composites alleviates the above concerns by spreading the inelastic deformation …
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Thermo-mechanical stress relief analysis in PMMA and 6000 series aluminum
… of thermal gradients on residual stresses in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). A downhill quench from 95 C to 15C is able to create a deflection of 2.36 millimeters, evidence of residual stress. A subsequent uphill quench from -40 to 100 degrees reduced the deflection by 37 percent. The finite …
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Bottlebrush Polymers: A Pathway to Engineering Surfaces and Interfaces
… with random copolymer poly (styrene-r-methyl methacrylate) side-chains in a blend of two immiscible homopolymers, polystyrene and polymethyl methacrylate. We determined that bottlebrush composition and architecture will control the morphology of the blends and identified the conditions that …
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Analytical Approaches for Analyzing Microplastics Using Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry and Accelerated Solvent Extraction
… (PVC), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) – were consistently detected and quantified in all biosolid samples. Across both WWTPs, PE dominated total polymer mass, followed by PVC, with PP and PS present at intermediate concentrations and PMMA occurring at the …
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Hot embossing as a method for rapid prototyping microfluidic devices
… functional high aspect ratio micro feature onto Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). The aspect ratio of features ranged from 10:1 to 4,000:1. Optimal embossing parameters used a pressure of 3.5kN, hold time of 12 minutes, tool temperatures of 140°C and substrate temperature of 130°C to produce parts …
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An experimental investigation of the breakup of a viscoelastic non-newtonian fluid in a supersonic stream
… the test runs was diethylmalonate thickened with polymethyl-methacrylate, which has the characteristics of being viscoelastic. A limited number of test runs were made with glycerin in order to make a comparison between the behavior of Newtonian and viscoelastic non-Newtonian fluids. Several areas …
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The Study of Initiation Systems and Formulations for the Development of a Novel Silorane Biomaterial
… years. The current commercially available polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) based bone cements have been used since the 1960’s with little change to their composition. They provide strength and longevity for total joint replacements, however they are not without their disadvantages. Issues …
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SPACE CHARGE LIMITED DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE APPROXIMATIONS
… In this work, breakdown in electron irradiated polymethyl methacrylate is described by a new 1D space charge limited front (SCLF) model that reconceives breakdown as a propagating front rather than a diffuse event. To quantify embedded charge distributions and validate model predictions of …
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Characterizing Bone Turnover in Osteoarthritic Bone Marrow Lesions in Human Knees Using Tetracycline Histology
… tibial plateaus on the in vivo MRI images before polymethyl methacrylate embedding and sectioning. BIOQUANTOsteo and paired T tests were used to measure differences in mineral appositional rate (MAR), bone formation rate (BFR/BS), and mineralizing surface (MS/BS) on histological sections. Five …
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Treatment planning for manifold multi-ion particle therapy
… different energies in a single target material (polymethyl methacrylate). The library is then adapted for the pencil beam geometry and energy spread of a specific accelerator beamline; next, a raster grid of beam positions is constructed to cover the target volume, and the weighting of individual …
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Studies of physical properties of novel lithium polymer electrolytes.
… SO percent epoxidised natural rubber (ENRSO) and polymethyl methacrylate grafted natural rubber were employed as polymer hosts. In this study the ionic conductivity, thermal, FTIR spectroscopy and morphology have been determined for both unplasticised and plasticised polymer electrolyte systems …
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Design and Analysis of a Reusable N2O-Cooled Aerospike Nozzle for Labscale Hybrid Rocket Motor Testing
… PMMA stands for polymethyl methacrylate, a thermoplastic commonly known by the brand name Plexiglas<sup>®</sup>. N<sub>2</sub>O is the molecular formula for nitrous oxide.</p> <p><a href="http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/ir_submit.cgi#_ftnref2">[2]</a> …
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