In this study, the encapsulated triclosan with a low molecular weight PLLA (LATC30) is dispersed into a PLLA having higher molecular weight via melt blending to increase the overall properties and particularly antibacterial activity of the system.
Mercerization is a process applied to cotton and sometimes to cotton blends to increase lustre (thus also enhancing appearance), to improve strength, and to improve their affinity for dyes.
In this paper, mixture design as a statistical method was used to optimize coal blend to increase recovery and grade in Zirab coal washing plant.
Among m-PLLA, the highest number of multi-branches with the shortest chain PLLA, i.e. CA-PLLA1, initiates the blends to increase its tensile strength and elongation at break for as high as 1.5 times and 1.2 times, respectively.
The results showed that the tensile strength and modulus of the blends tend to increase with increasing LCP content for the blends containing LCP content below 15%, and they decreased significantly with further increasing LCP content.
Because Colombia's biofuels capacity has not reached the initial biofuel blend mandated by the government, the Colombian government has allowed the amount of ethanol blended with biofuels to increase along with the increase in production as new facilities expand or enter into production (Global 2011).
Ethanol is an alcohol blended with gasoline to increase octane and reduce tailpipe emissions.
Ethanol, in fact, is well known as potential alcohol alternative fuel for SI engines, since it can be blended with gasoline to increase oxygen content, then decreasing CO and HC emissions and the depletion of fossil fuels.
Poly l-lactic acid) (Poly l-lacticnded with PLGacid increase the viscosity of PLLAmer solution; a block copolymer of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) wash PLGA was added as a surfactant to decrease the interfacial tension blended the polymer-rich and polymer-lean phases.
The contact angle decreases with the addition 0.5 wt% MWCNT in this blend due to increase of hydrophilicity.
