Overview

Sixteen papers examine how gravity can affect polymerizations and polymer processing and how weightlessness or ""microgravity"" is achieved. The volume reviews the current research from sounding rocket and orbital investigations, parabolic flight investigations, and ground-based research. Also covered are inorganic to biologically produced polymers, including free-radical polymerization, polymer-dispersed luquid crystals and foams.

Full Product Details

Author:   John A. Pojman (University of Southern Mississippi) ,  James Patton Downey (NASA Microgravity Researcher)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   American Chemical Society
Volume:   No. 793
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.504kg
ISBN:  

9780841237445

ISBN 10:   0841237441
Pages:   265
Publication Date:   27 September 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"PREFACE ; PART 1: BACKGROUND ; 1. Polymer Processing in Microgravity: An Overview ; 2. Research Platforms That Reduce the Acceleration Experienced in the Experimental Frame of Reference: Achieving ""Microgravity"" ; PART 2: SOUNDING ROCKET AND ORBITAL INVESTIGATIONS ; 3. The Role of Gravity in Sol-Gel Systems ; 4. Growth Kinetics of Polydiacetylene Films Prepared in Microgravity ; 5. Polymerization in Microgravity On-Board STS-57, STS-63 and STS-77 ; 6. Production of Polyurethane Foams in Space: Graviational and Vacuum Effects on Foam Formation ; 7. Gel Formation under Microgravity Conditions ; PART 3: PARABOLIC FLIGHT INVESTIGATIONS ; 8. Bubble Behaviour in Frontal Polymerization: Results from KC-135 Parabolic Flights ; 9. Instrumentation for Studying Polymer Film Formation in Low Gravity ; 10. Liquid Crystal and Polymer Dispersions in a Microgravity Environment ; 11. Processing on Nonlinear Optical Polymer Systems under Microgravity Conditions ; PART 4: GROUND-BASED RESEARCH ; 12. Foaming of Polyethylenes in a Dynamic Decompression and Cooling Process ; 13. Prospects for the Study of Gas-Phase Polymerization and the Synthesis of Polymers Containing Nanoparticles in Microgravity ; 14. Production of Bacterial Polyesters in Simulated Microgravity ; 15. Development of Impedance Spectroscopy to Study Polymerization Processes in Microgravity ; 16. Gravity Effects during Mold Filling: Fluid Front Dynamics ; AUTHOR INDEX ; SUBJECT INDEX"

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Based on a March 2000 symposium held during the 219th ACS meeting, this collection of 16 papers presents research on the effects and possible benefits of reduced gravity for polymerization. The research was performed both in flight and on the ground. Some of the topics are the role of gravity in sol-gel systems, growth kinetics of polydiacetylene films prepared in microgravity, the production of polyurethane foam in research rockets, bubble behavior in frontal polymerization during KC-135 parabolic flights, and the production of bacterial polyesters in simulated microgravity. --SciTech Book News

Based on a March 2000 symposium held during the 219th ACS meeting, this collection of 16 papers presents research on the effects and possible benefits of reduced gravity for polymerization. The research was performed both in flight and on the ground. Some of the topics are the role of gravity in sol-gel systems, growth kinetics of polydiacetylene films prepared in microgravity, the production of polyurethane foam in research rockets, bubble behavior in frontal polymerization during KC-135 parabolic flights, and the production of bacterial polyesters in simulated microgravity. --SciTech Book News<br>

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