Mechanism of the Gelling of Hevea Latex by Zinc Compounds

1952 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 995-1005
Author(s):  
G. M. Kraay ◽  
M. van den Tempel

Abstract Zinc oxide is known to be soluble to a certain extent in ammoniated Hevea latex. The solubility may be enhanced by several means, such as the addition of ammonium salts, and is due to the formation of zinc-ammonia complexes. The complexes themselves have no coagulating power. When heated, however, zinc ions are produced by dissociation of the complexes, and these ions react chemically with the adsorbed soap on the rubber globules, forming an insoluble zinc soap which links up all the rubber globules into a gel. Evidence in favor of the proposed mechanism was obtained by displacing the adsorbed natural higher fat acids of the rubber particles by a soap which does not form an insoluble zinc soap, such as Igepon-T. A latex treated in this manner does not gel when heated with zinc oxide and ammonium chloride at 70° C. By displacing the Igepon-T with ammonium oleate, the original rapid gelation is restored. Depending on the concentration of zinc ions available at room temperature and the amount and types of higher fat acids on the latex particles, thickening or even gelling may occur at room temperature. The above interpretation of the reaction mechanism may lead to new methods for the evaluation of latex.

1955 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 470-479
Author(s):  
E. H. Farmer ◽  
J. F. Ford ◽  
J. A. Lyons

Abstract The sulfuration of trialkylethylenes with hydrogen sulfide-sulfur dioxide at 0° C (Peachey process) results in disubstitutive cross-linking of the olefins, yielding dialkenyl tetrasulfides. At higher temperatures, substitutive-additive cross-linking occurs, and alkyl alkenyl polysulfides are formed. Dialkenyl tetrasulfides are similarly formed by causing the olefin to react with sulfur at room temperature in the presence of zinc oxide and zinc dibutyldithiocarbamate, low concentrations of hydrogen sulfide acting as a catalyst for this reaction. At higher temperatures, the reaction is also exclusively disubstitutive, a feature connected with the function of zinc compounds in influencing the cross-linking reaction. The sulfuration of olefins with tetramethylthiuram disulfide at 140° C shows a similar influence of zinc compounds.


Author(s):  
Earl R. Walter ◽  
Glen H. Bryant

With the development of soft, film forming latexes for use in paints and other coatings applications, it became desirable to develop new methods of sample preparation for latex particle size distribution studies with the electron microscope. Conventional latex sample preparation techniques were inadequate due to the pronounced tendency of these new soft latex particles to distort, flatten and fuse on the substrate when they dried. In order to avoid these complications and obtain electron micrographs of undistorted latex particles of soft resins, a freeze-dry, cold shadowing technique was developed. The method has now been used in our laboratory on a routine basis for several years.The cold shadowing is done in a specially constructed vacuum system, having a conventional mechanical fore pump and oil diffusion pump supplying vacuum. The system incorporates bellows type high vacuum valves to permit a prepump cycle and opening of the shadowing chamber without shutting down the oil diffusion pump. A baffeled sorption trap isolates the shadowing chamber from the pumps.


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1978 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 1241-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Chaudhari ◽  
T. R. Joshi ◽  
R. V. Joshi

Abstract The phosphorescence decay rates of thallium-doped ammonium chloride (NH4Cl:Tl) phosphors, prepared by crystallization from aqueous solution, have been studied at room temperature for near-ultraviolet emission. The effects of impurity concentration as well as thermal and/or mechanical treatment on the decay rates have been examined. Phosphorescence centres consisting of a Tl+ion and a nearby negative ion vacancy are suggested to be responsible for the observed luminescence decay. The changes in the decay characteristics after pretreatments are explained on the basis of the location of the centres in normal and distorted regions of the host lattice.


2007 ◽  
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pp. 1584-1589 ◽  
Author(s):  
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