Bhomia, Ruchir, Trivedi, Vivek ORCID: 0000-0001-9304-9214, Mitchell, John ORCID: 0000-0003-2945-3292, Coleman, Nichola and Snowden, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-1087-2692 (2014) Effect of pressure on the melting point of pluronics in pressurized carbon dioxide. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (26). pp. 10820-10825. ISSN 0888-5885 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/ie501344m)

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Abstract

The melting points of Pluronic F-77, F-127, F-68, F-38, and F-108 were investigated in pressurized CO2 between a pressure range of 2.0–50.0 MPa. Unprocessed and CO2-processed Pluronic samples were analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD). A melting point depression in the range of 18.1 (± 0.5 K) to 19.3 (± 0.3 K) was observed for all Pluronics studied in this work. The melting point of Pluronics in pressurized CO2 was found to be independent of their molecular weight and poly(propylene oxide) [PPO] content. Analysis by DSC and PXRD revealed that CO2 processing had no impact on the morphology of Pluronics.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pluronics, Carbon dioxide
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Engineering (ENG)
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2020 13:26
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/14545

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