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Conference Object Citation - WoS: 22Citation - Scopus: 24Characterization of Poly(vinyl Chloride) Powder Produced by Emulsion Polymerization(Springer Verlag, 2010) Atakul Savrık, Sevdiye; Balköse, Devrim; Ulutan, Sevgi; Ülkü, SemraThe effect of emulsion process formulation ingredients on the morphology, structure, and properties of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) powder has been considered in this study. PVC powder was extracted with ethanol and films were obtained by solvent casting from tetrahydrofurane. Characterization of powders, films, and ethanol extract was performed through FTIR spectroscopy, DSC, AFM, SEM, EDX analysis, methylene blue, and nitrogen adsorption. PVC powder was composed of spheres of a large particle size range from 10 nm to 20 μm as shown by SEM. The specific surface area of the PVC powder was determined as 16 and 12 m 2 g-1 from methylene blue adsorption at 25 °C and from N2 adsorption at -196 °C, respectively. AFM indicated the surface roughness of the films obtained by pressing the particles was 25.9 nm. Density of PVC powder was determined by helium pycnometry as 1.39 g cm -3. FTIR spectroscopy indicated that it contained carbonyl and carboxylate groups belonging to additives such as surface active agents, plasticizers, and antioxidants used in production of PVC. These additives were 1.6% in mass of PVC as determined by ethanol extraction. EDX analysis showed PVC particles surfaces were coated with carbon-rich materials. The coatings had plasticizer effect since, glass transition temperature was lower than 25 °C for PVC powder and it was 80 °C for ethanol extracted powders as found by using differential scanning calorimetry. These additives from polymerization process made PVC powder more thermally stable as understood from Metrom PVC thermomat tests as well. © 2010 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 8Water Vapour Adsorption on Organic and Inorganic Polymers(Springer Verlag, 2003) Balköse, Devrim; Özkan, Fehime; Ulutan, Sevgi; Ülkü, SemraWater vapour adsorption on polymers affects their processing behaviour and useful properties. Water vapour adsorption on organic polymers, silk, Nylon 6 fibres in undrawn and permanent set forms, polyester micro fibres, plasticised PVC films with 60 phr dioctylphthalate (OOP) and inorganic polymer sepiolite particles were investigated in this study. The materials were examined using the BET equation. The surface areas of silk, cast Nylon 6 and muss Nylon 6 were determined as 108, 46 and 23 m2 g-1, respectively. Sepiolite did not fit BET equation. Polyester and PVC adsorbed very small amounts of moisture.Article Citation - WoS: 12Citation - Scopus: 17Dynamics of Water Vapor Adsorption on Humidity-Indicating Silica Gel(Elsevier Ltd., 1998) Balköse, Devrim; Ulutan, Sevgi; Çakıcıoğlu Özkan, Seher Fehime; Çelebi, Sedat; Ülkü, SemraWell-defined CoCl2-containing silica gels were prepared by impregnation of the aqueous solution of the salt to silica hydrogel, drying and aging methods. Silica gels having 392-437 m2 g-1 surface area and 0.21-0.37 cm3 g-1 pore volume and having an average particle size of 3 mm were obtained. Aging in CoCl2 solutions decreased the surface area of silica gels from 540 cm2 g-1 to 392-430 m2 g-1 and pore volume from 0.27 to 0.21-0.23 cm3 g-1 for CoCl2 concentration smaller than 0.28 mol dm-3 in silica gel. Adsorbed water desorbed from the gels absorbing 1917-2555 J g-1 energy as determined by differential scanning calorimetry. The CoCl2-containing gels were successfully used in dynamic column experiments, with linear relation between velocities of inlet air and movement of blue to pink boundary. The colour change also makes the detection of the defects in column filling which causes air channelling