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Ionic Conductivity And Related Studies In Methyl Cellulose Based Polymer Electrolytes And Application In Supercapacitors., Noor Erwani Azura Shuhaimi Jan 2011

Ionic Conductivity And Related Studies In Methyl Cellulose Based Polymer Electrolytes And Application In Supercapacitors., Noor Erwani Azura Shuhaimi

Student Works (2010-2019)

Solid polymer electrolytes based on methyl cellulose (MC) were investigated. Two MC based polymer electrolytes systems were prepared using solution cast technique. These are MC-ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) system and MC-NH4NO3 system plasticized with poly (ethylene glycol), (PEG). NH4NO3 was chosen as the proton source to make MC, a biodegradable polymer conductive. The room temperature conductivity of pure MC is 3.08 × 10-11 S cm-1. The conductivity is increased up to 2.10 × 10-6 S cm-1 with addition of 25 wt.% NH4NO3. To enhance conductivity of MC-NH4NO3 system, PEG was added to 75MC25AN solution in different concentrations (from 5 to 25 …


Synthesis Of Chemically Produced Toner (Cpt) By Emulsion Aggregation Process., Ng Wei Goon Apr 2010

Synthesis Of Chemically Produced Toner (Cpt) By Emulsion Aggregation Process., Ng Wei Goon

Student Works (2010-2019)

This project studied the full process of producing Chemically Produced Toner (CPT) used in laser printer. Latex particles of 0.40 to 0.60 μm were prepared by semicontinuous emulsion polymerization process. A series of latexes was made from the copolymerization of styrene, butyl acrylate and acrylic acid monomers in the presence of surfactants Dowfax 2A1 (anionic) and Ipegal 897 (non-ionic) surfactants with potassium persulphate as the initiator. The addition of different percentage of chain transfer agent (CTA), 1-dodecanethiol was used to control the molecular weight distribution. As the percentage of CTA was increased, the molecular weight and glass transition temperature decreased …


Preparation Of Styrene Acrylic Copolymer Toner Resin By Solution Polymerization., Neo Su Siang Apr 2010

Preparation Of Styrene Acrylic Copolymer Toner Resin By Solution Polymerization., Neo Su Siang

Student Works (2010-2019)

This project has investigated solution polymerization to produce toner resins. There are three stages: (i) synthesis of low molecular weight styrene acrylic copolymer; (ii) synthesis of high molecular weight styrene acrylic copolymer; (iii) mixing high and low molecular weight copolymers. Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) was used to study molecular weight distributions, Melt Flow Index (MFI) Instrument to study the flowability of resin, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) to study the thermal properties of resin, and acid number to quantitate the amount of acidic group in the resin. A comparison of properties between the experimental samples, patent’s claims, and commercial resins had …


Characteristics Of Proton Conducting Pva-Chitosan Polymer Blend Electrolytes., Mohd Fakhrul Zamani Abdul Kadir Jan 2010

Characteristics Of Proton Conducting Pva-Chitosan Polymer Blend Electrolytes., Mohd Fakhrul Zamani Abdul Kadir

Student Works (2010-2019)

The main focus of this present work is to build a good conducting solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) based on chitosan and poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) blend. Solution cast technique has been employed to produce sample films in this work. From the scanning electron micrographs (SEM) the surface morphology of the blend containing 40 wt.% chitosan and 60 wt.% PVA (C4P6) is homogenous and miscible in one and another. The C4P6 film is the most amorphous and is the best candidate for the polymer host in the electrolyte systems studied in the present work. Ammonium Nitrate (NH4NO3) is the doping salt that provides …


The Thermal Characteristic Of Imipenem Encapsulated In Low And High Molecular Weight Of Polyethylene Glycol., Abdul Aziz Ismail Jan 2010

The Thermal Characteristic Of Imipenem Encapsulated In Low And High Molecular Weight Of Polyethylene Glycol., Abdul Aziz Ismail

Student Works (2010-2019)

Microencapsulation technique is widely used in pharmaceutical industries to control the release of a drug. Biodegradable polymer such as Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is frequently used as encapsulation material. This study has tried to produce microencapsulation product of Imipenem antibiotics in Polyethylene Glycol.Commercially available product called Tienam® was used as a major source of Imipenem. We used freeze-drying method to produce the microencapsulation products. The successful of producing of this product is confirmed by the yellowish appearance of the product whereby it shows the colour properties of Tienam® Thermal analysis using Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) was used to characterize pure materials …


Synthesis Of Urethane Acrylate Macromer From Palm Oil-Based Polyol And Its Application As A Resin For Dental Composite., Fadhel A. A. Alsanabani Jan 2010

Synthesis Of Urethane Acrylate Macromer From Palm Oil-Based Polyol And Its Application As A Resin For Dental Composite., Fadhel A. A. Alsanabani

Student Works (2010-2019)

A slightly branched urethane acrylate macromer (UAM) was synthesized by reacting palm oil-based polyol with excess amounts of polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) to form urethane prepolymer, then reacted with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and FT-IR spectroscopy confirmed the urethane and grafted acrylate groups. 0.2% by weight of camphoroquinone (CQ) and 0.8% by weight of ethyl-4-N,N-dimethylamino-benzoate (4EDMAB) by weight were added to render the experimental resins light-curable. Their viscosity, percentage of degree of conversion (%DC) and cross-linking density (CLD), percentage of volumetric polymerization shrinkage (%VPS), water sorption and solubility, flexural strength, modulus of elasticity and toughness were determined and compared to …


Electrical And Structural Studies Of Polyacrylonitrile (Pan) Complexed With Inorganic Salts., Khairul Bahiyah Md Isa Jan 2010

Electrical And Structural Studies Of Polyacrylonitrile (Pan) Complexed With Inorganic Salts., Khairul Bahiyah Md Isa

Student Works (2010-2019)

In the present study, polymer electrolyte films composed of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as a host polymer, ethylene carbonate (EC) as the plasticizer and lithium triflate (LiCF3SO3) and sodium triflate (NaCF3SO3) as dopant salts were prepared by the solution cast technique. Five systems of polymer electrolytes films have been prepared; these systems are the plasticized-PAN system i.e. PAN-EC system, two salted-PAN systems i.e. PAN-LiCF3SO3 and PAN-NaCF3SO3, and two plasticized-salted PAN systems i.e. PAN-EC-LiCF3SO3 and PAN-EC-NaCF3SO3. The pure PAN film was prepared as a reference. The ionic conductivity for each system is characterized using impedance spectroscopy. The room temperature conductivity of the pure …


Synthesis Of Chromium-Based Ziegler-Natta Catalysts And Thier Application In Ethylene Polymerization And Copolymerization., Wong Jun Xuan Jan 2010

Synthesis Of Chromium-Based Ziegler-Natta Catalysts And Thier Application In Ethylene Polymerization And Copolymerization., Wong Jun Xuan

Student Works (2010-2019)

Four chromium-based oxo-trinuclear carboxylate complexes were prepared by reacting Cr(NO3).9H2O with acetic acid and substituted carboxylic acids to produce [Cr3O(CH3COO)6.3H2O]NO3.7H2O,[Cr3O(ClCH2COO)6.3H2O]NO3.3H2O, [Cr3O(Cl2CHCOO)6.3H2O]NO3.H2O and [Cr3O(Cl3CCOO)6.3H2O]NO3.2H2O, which alysis (TGA).Chromium content in each complex was determined by titrimetry method and the result was in good agreement with that from TGA. Chromium(III)monochloroacetate complex[Cr3O(ClCH2COO)6.3H2O]NO3.3H2O in combination with diethylaluminium chloride formed heterogeneous catalyst system for ethylene polymerization and ethylene-propylene copolymerization. Both Al/Cr ratio and temperature influenced the catalytic activity. The maximum activity of ethylene polymerization was 1768 gPE/gCr/hr/atm, achieved by polymerizing ethylene at 29°C with Al/Cr ratio 30.8. Effect of chloro-substituent groups on carboxylic ligand was studied …


Synthesis Of Urethane Acrylate Macromer From Palm Oil-Based Polyol And Its Application As A Resin For Dental Composite., Fadheel A. A. Alsanabani Jan 2010

Synthesis Of Urethane Acrylate Macromer From Palm Oil-Based Polyol And Its Application As A Resin For Dental Composite., Fadheel A. A. Alsanabani

Student Works (2010-2019)

A slightly branched urethane acrylate macromer (UAM) was synthesized by reacting palm oil-based polyol with excess amounts of polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) to form urethane prepolymer, then reacted with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and FT-IR spectroscopy confirmed the urethane and grafted acrylate groups. 0.2% by weight of camphoroquinone (CQ) and 0.8% by weight of ethyl-4-N,N-dimethylamino-benzoate (4EDMAB) by weight were added to render the experimental resins light-curable. Their viscosity, percentage of degree of conversion (%DC) and cross-linking density (CLD), percentage of volumetric polymerization shrinkage (%VPS), water sorption and solubility, flexural strength, modulus of elasticity and toughness were determined and compared to …