Polymer research in microgravity : polymerization and processing / James Patton Downey, editor, John A. Pojman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pojman, John A. (John Anthony), 1962-

Downey, James Patton, 1960-

American Chemical Society. Meeting 2000 : San Francisco, Calif.)

Series:

ACS symposium series ; 793.

ACS symposium series ; 793

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polymerization--Effect of reduced gravity on--Congresses.

Polymerization.

Polymerization--Effect of reduced gravity on.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, [2001]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1. Polymer Processing in Microgravity: An Overview / James Patton Downey, John A. Pojman 2

2. Research Platforms That Reduce the Acceleration Experienced in the Experimental Frame of Reference: Achieving "Microgravity" / James Patton Downey 16

Sounding Rocket and Orbital Investigations

3. The Role of Gravity in Sol-Gel Systems / Laurent Sibille, David D. Smith 32

4. Growth Kinetics of Polydiacetylene Films Prepared in Microgravity / William E. Carswell, Mark S. Paley, Donald O. Frazier, Robert J. Naumann 51

5. Polymerization in Microgravity On-Board STS-57, STS-63, and STS-77 / Kenneth G. Brown, Karen S. Burns, Jo Ingram, George M. Wood, Billy T. Upchurch 64

6. Production of Polyurethane Foams in Space: Gravitational and Vacuum Effects on Foam Formation / Samuel P. McManus, Francis C. Wessling, John T. Matthews, Darayas N. Patek, Kazunori Emoto, Douglas T. Howard, T. Scott Price 78

7. Gel Formation under Microgravity Conditions / V. A. Briskman, K. G. Kostarev 97

Parabolic Flight Investigations

8. Bubble Behavior in Frontal Polymerization: Results from KC-135 Parabolic Flights / William J. Ainsworth, John A. Pojman, Yuri A. Chekanov, Jonathan Masere 112

9. Instrumentation for Studying Polymer Film Formation in Low Gravity / Paul Todd, Matthew R. Pekny, Jeremiah Zartman, William B. Krantz, Alan R. Greenberg 126

10. Liquid Crystal and Polymer Dispersions in a Microgravity Environment / Joe B. Whitehead, Jr., Gregory P. Crawford 138

11. Processing of Nonlinear Optical Polymer Systems under Microgravity Conditions / L. H. Dao, K. Parbhakar, H. M. Nguyen, J. M. Yin, Y. Sun, Y. Beaudoin 153

Ground-Based Research

12. Foaming of Polyethylenes in a Dynamic Decompression and Cooling Process / Kwangjin Song, Robert E. Apfel 168

13. Prospects for the Study of Gas-Phase Polymerization and the Synthesis of Polymers Containing Nanoparticles in Microgravity / Yezdi B. Pithawalla, Junling Gao, M. Samy El Shall 185

14. Production of Bacterial Polyesters in Simulated Microgravity / Radhika Thiruvenkatam, Carmen Scholz 203

15. Development of Impedance Spectroscopy to Study Polymerization Processes in Microgravity / A. P. Kennedy, J. McLendon 217

16. Gravity Effects during Mold Filling: Fluid Front Dynamics / M. C. Altan, K. A. Olivero 227.

Notes:

Based on a symposium held at the 219th National Meeting of the ACS.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0841237441

OCLC:

46573086