dc.contributor.advisor | Lee, Sunggyu | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Leavitt, Leah A., 1980- | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2007 Summer | eng |
dc.description | The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on December 28, 2007) | eng |
dc.description | Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2007. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The focus of this study is to develop a packaging material that is both biodegradable (BD) and provides corrosion protection for a packaged metal substrate. In this study, supercritical carbon dioxide is used to infuse Ecoflex[registered trademark] resin, a BD aliphatic-aromatic copolyester, with sodium nitrite (NaNO[subscript 2]), which is a common volatile corrosion inhibitor (VCI). The effects of supercritical fluid (SCF) density upon the infusion depth were examined first. For this study, 10 g of Ecoflex[registered trademark] was infused with NaNO[subscript 2] using SCF densities that ranged from 0.15-0.62 g/cm[subscript 3]. The results demonstrated that fluid density does not play a significant role in infusion depth. However, the influence of temperature on infusion depth is significant at 95%. The second phase of this work focused on producing a VCI-infused package and determining its ability to prevent iron corrosion. The corrosion protection capabilites of VCI-infused biodegradable polymer was compared to packages of VCI-infused linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), uninfused Ecoflex[registered trademark], uninfused LLDPE, and an unpackaged control. The corrosion rate of the control, uninfused LLDPE, VCI-LLDPE, uninfused Ecoflex[registered trademark], and VCI-Ecoflex[registered trademark] were 0.00353 mm/yr, 0.00089 mm/yr, 0.00048 mm/yr, 0.00297 mm/yr, and 0.00033mm/yr, respectively. The VCI-infused packages provided the most protection, with the VCIEcoflex[registered trademark] resulting in 90.7% less corrosion. Furthermore, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies show that the film integrity was maintained during the SCF infusion process. These findings demonstrate the infusion capability of a SCCO[subscript 2] system, and help elucidate the effects of processing conditions on the infusion quality of the final product. Additionally, the corrosion protection ability of the infused films was verified.--From public.pdf | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.identifier.merlin | b61719365 | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 185061488 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/6013 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/6013 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | Access is limited to the campuses of the University of Missouri. | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Biodegradable products | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Packaging | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Corrosion resistant materials | eng |
dc.title | Biodegradable packaging for corrosion inhibition via supercriticial fluid | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Chemical engineering (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | eng |