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Polymerization of Lactides in the Melt
Horkel, Ondřej ; Tomala, Libor (referee) ; Petrůj, Jaroslav (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the problematics of Lactide polymerization in the melt. Theoretical part summarizes properties of lactic acid, lactides and polylactides as well as currently used methods of their preparation. In experimental part, a set of three experiments was designed, namely dependance of viscosity average molecular weight on catalyst concentration, polymerisation temperature and polymerisation time. This was achieved by measuring cinematic viscosity using Ubbelohde viscosimeter. As a result of these experiments, it was found that one of posssible combinations of conditions resulting in high molecular weight polymers is the following: concentration ratio of catalyst towards lactide 110–4, polymerisation teperature 160 °C and polymerisation time 3 hours.
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PLA Synthesis in Solution
Svítil, Jan ; Zdeněk, Přikryl (referee) ; Petrůj, Jaroslav (advisor)
This thesis is studying PLA syntheses using polymerization of lactides in solution. Theoretical part deals with properties and production of lactic acid, lactides and polylactides. In the experimental part, possibilities of lactides polymerization in solution has been summerised and verified. Syntheses were performed via “solvothermal” method using 7 solvents (toluene, chloroforme, 1,2-chlorobenzene, acetone, tetrahydrofurane, cyclohexane and hexane). Using hexane as solvent, at concentration ratio catalyzer/lactide 1 : 1 000, polymerization temperature 160 °C and reaction time 20 h, polylactide of viscosity average molecular weight 179 000 gmol–1 was synthetized from the lactide.
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Polymerization of Lactides in the Melt
Horkel, Ondřej ; Tomala, Libor (referee) ; Petrůj, Jaroslav (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the problematics of Lactide polymerization in the melt. Theoretical part summarizes properties of lactic acid, lactides and polylactides as well as currently used methods of their preparation. In experimental part, a set of three experiments was designed, namely dependance of viscosity average molecular weight on catalyst concentration, polymerisation temperature and polymerisation time. This was achieved by measuring cinematic viscosity using Ubbelohde viscosimeter. As a result of these experiments, it was found that one of posssible combinations of conditions resulting in high molecular weight polymers is the following: concentration ratio of catalyst towards lactide 110–4, polymerisation teperature 160 °C and polymerisation time 3 hours.
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PLA Synthesis in Solution
Svítil, Jan ; Zdeněk, Přikryl (referee) ; Petrůj, Jaroslav (advisor)
This thesis is studying PLA syntheses using polymerization of lactides in solution. Theoretical part deals with properties and production of lactic acid, lactides and polylactides. In the experimental part, possibilities of lactides polymerization in solution has been summerised and verified. Syntheses were performed via “solvothermal” method using 7 solvents (toluene, chloroforme, 1,2-chlorobenzene, acetone, tetrahydrofurane, cyclohexane and hexane). Using hexane as solvent, at concentration ratio catalyzer/lactide 1 : 1 000, polymerization temperature 160 °C and reaction time 20 h, polylactide of viscosity average molecular weight 179 000 gmol–1 was synthetized from the lactide.
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