ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The optical path difference of nitrocellulose fibers and pastes were measured on the polarizing microscope using three different compensation techniques, and a method is suggested for converting these path differences into birefringencies. By taking measurements on a sufficiently large number of fibers it is possible to estimate the average nitrogen content with an accuracy approaching that achieved by other methods on much larger samples. The distribution of nitrogen between individual fibers shows that material prepared by the displacement process differs from that made by the mechanical process and indicates that denitration occurs during displacement process manufacture. Solvents and plasticizers either increase or decrease the birefringence, and the structure of nitrocellulose pastes is discussed.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1979.070230911
