What does DOU stand for?

Degree of Unsaturation (organic chemistry)

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Therefore, the assumption of first order, which is valid for elastomers with high degree of unsaturation like BR and natural rubber (NR), is not true for the elastomers with low unsaturation like poly(iso-butylene) (IIR), as far as addition reactions are concerned.

Simulation of chemical kinetics of elastomer crosslinking by organic ...

This was attributed to the increased degree of unsaturation with the increase in cis-AEOEA.

Molecular design and application of divinyl monomers to synthesis of ...

It is the chain length of the hydrocarbon tail that is important here rather than the number of double bonds in that chain that determines the degree of unsaturation.

Coconut Oil May Help Promote Healthy Thyroid and Digestive Function

The two most important are the degree of unsaturation (double and triple carbon-carbon bonds) of the resin and the amount of oxygen present.

Mold binder decomposition: prime source of cast iron gas defects

However, a limitation of butadiene-based rubbers used for toughening plastics is their propensity for thermo-oxidative degradation, typical of materials with a high degree of unsaturation.

Mechanical, thermal, and morphological behavior of the polyamide ...

The low degree of unsaturation has traditionally required the use of ultra-accelerators, such as thiurams or thiocarbamates.

Xanthate accelerators in vulcanizing isobutylene-based elastomers

30-32), especially when used in the presence of elastomer backbones possessing a degree of unsaturation (ref.

Structure-property relationships--linear and star-branched ...

They found that UPE with a higher degree of unsaturation has a slower reaction rate at a lower conversion.

Curing reaction of saturated aliphatic polyester modified unsaturated ...