Search Results - "Hinnant, Katherine M."

Tailoring Amphiphilic Copolymers for Improved Aqueous Foam Stability by Brown, Loren C., Hinnant, Katherine M., Daniels, Grant C., Sudol, Paige E., Vaughan, Stephanie R., Weise, Nickolaus K., Giordano, Braden C.

“…Amphiphilic copolymers of various-molecular-weight (MW) poly­(ethylene glycol) (PEG) were synthesized via reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer…”
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Synergisms between siloxane-polyoxyethylene and alkyl polyglycoside surfactants in foam stability and pool fire extinction by Ananth, Ramagopal, Snow, Arthur W., Hinnant, Katherine M., Giles, Spencer L., Farley, John P.

“…Synergistic foam stability and fire extinction by siloxane-glycoside mixture. [Display omitted] •Foam stability is enhanced by combining siloxane oxyethylene…”
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Modulation of fluorocarbon surfactant diffusion with diethylene glycol butyl ether for improved foam characteristics and fire suppression by Giles, Spencer L., Snow, Arthur W., Hinnant, Katherine M., Ananth, Ramagopal

“…[Display omitted] Analysis of aqueous solutions comprised of a fluorocarbon-betaine surfactant with and without diethylene glycol butyl ether (DGBE) have…”
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Measuring fuel transport through fluorocarbon and fluorine-free firefighting foams by Hinnant, Katherine M., Giles, Spencer L., Ananth, Ramagopal

“…A flux chamber was designed to measure the transient fuel transport through a foam layer before significant degradation of foam occurred. The fuel transport…”
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Enhancing foam fire suppression analysis through CO2 TDLAS quantification by Hinnant, Katherine M., Giles, Spencer L., Ananth, Ramagopal, Miller, J. Houston

“…Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) was used to monitor CO2 concentrations above a pool fire as experimental firefighting foams were applied to…”
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Copolymer Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Synthesis of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Functionalized with Hydrophobic Acrylates: A Study of Surface and Foam Properties by Daniels, Grant C, Hinnant, Katherine M, Brown, Loren C, Weise, Nickolaus K, Aukerman, Mark C, Giordano, Braden C

“…A series of amphiphilic statistical copolymers involving poly­(ethylene glycol) monomethacrylate (PEGMA, −OH terminated, average Mn 200 molecular weight) and…”
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Novel 18650 lithium-ion battery surrogate cell design with anisotropic thermophysical properties for studying failure events by Spinner, Neil S., Hinnant, Katherine M., Mazurick, Ryan, Brandon, Andrew, Rose-Pehrsson, Susan L., Tuttle, Steven G.

“…Cylindrical 18650-type surrogate cells were designed and fabricated to mimic the thermophysical properties and behavior of active lithium-ion batteries. An…”
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Influence of fuel on foam degradation for fluorinated and fluorine-free foams by Hinnant, Katherine M., Conroy, Michael W., Ananth, Ramagopal

“…[Display omitted] •Fuel beneath an aqueous firefighting foam increases the rate of foam degradation.•Iso-octane degrades foams faster than…”
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Solution and foam properties of polyethylene oxide-lauryl acrylate random comb polymers and aggregation behavior with alkylpolyglycoside surfactants by Hinnant, Katherine M., Brown, Loren C., Daniels, Grant C., Capps, Jonathan R., Weise, Nickolaus K., Giordano, Braden C.

“…Thirteen statistical comb polymers were synthesized with varied molecular weight. The polymers were evaluated for their surface activity, foamability, foam…”
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Investigating correlations between physical properties and fire suppression performance of fluorinated and fluorine-free foams using a novel firefighting foam database by Sudol, Paige E., Cramer, Jeffrey A., Hinnant, Katherine M., Brown, Loren C., Snow, Arthur W., Bunton, Caleb M., Davis, Matthew C., Ananth, Ramagopal

“…Aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) contain fluorinated surfactants, a class of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) which have been shown to cause damage to the…”
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Systematically varying zwitterionic-siloxane surfactant structure to affect interfacial properties, foam stability, and fire suppression by Ananth, Ramagopal, Hinnant, Katherine M., Davis, Matthew C., Snow, Arthur W., Bunton, Caleb M., Karwoski, Stanley, Farley, John P.

“…Zwitterionic siloxane-sulfobetaine (siloxaneSB) surfactants are developed to replace per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used currently in aqueous…”
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An Analytically Defined Fire‐Suppressing Foam Formulation for Evaluation of Fluorosurfactant Replacement by Hinnant, Katherine M., Giles, Spencer L., Snow, Arthur W., Farley, John P., Fleming, James W., Ananth, Ramagopal

“…A 4‐component, analytically defined, reference fluorosurfactant formulation (Ref‐aqueous film forming foam [AFFF]) composed of 0.3% fluorocarbon‐surfactant…”
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