摘要:
A method of exfoliating a layered silicate comprising: mixing from about 0.1 to about 100 weight parts of an intercalated layered silicate with 100 weight parts of a matrix medium to form a mixture, wherein: the intercalated layered silicate comprises: a layered silicate comprising a plurality of silicate layers; and an intercalating agent sorbed between the silicate layers in an amount effective to provide an average interlayer spacing between the silicate layers of at least about 20Å, wherein the intercalating agent is selected from one or more of fatty acid esters of sorbitan, fatty acid esters of glycerol, fatty acid amide waxes, variants of amide waxes, and variants of amides; and the matrix medium comprises one or more materials selected from: polymer selected from one or more of ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer, ionomer, vinyl plastic, polyamide, polyester, and polystyrene; energy curable polymer precursors; coating solvents, coating binders, and coating resins; ink solvents and ink resins; grease lubricating oils and grease gelling agents; cosmetic lipids, cosmetic emollients, cosmetic humectants, cosmetic film formers, cosmetic binders, cosmetic surfactants, and cosmetic solvents; pharmaceutical excipients; emulsions selected from an oil-in-water emulsion and a water-in-oil emulsion; and
adding sufficient energy to the mixture to form a dispersed-particle composition comprising at least about 0.1 weight parts exfoliated particles per 100 weight parts matrix medium.
摘要:
The present invention relates to the non-invasive use of a luminescent compound to detect and measure concentrations of oxygen dissolved in solids, particularly polymeric materials present in multi-layered packaging materials. The measurement is made independent of the oxygen concentration of the surrounding atmosphere. The invention is especially useful as a quality assurance check to verify oxygen scavenger activation during the assembly of modified atmosphere and vacuum packages. The method according to the invention is faster and less wasteful than previous methods that rely on measuring oxygen concentration within the headspace of an assembled package. Novel articles, methods, and packages are also disclosed.