Tracing subterranean fluid flow includes providing a first polymeric tracer to a first injector, collecting a first aqueous sample from a first producer, and assessing the presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample. The first polymeric tracer includes a first polymer formed from at least a first monomer. The presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample is assessed by removing water from the first aqueous sample to yield a first dehydrated sample. pyrolyzing the first dehydrated sample to yield a first gaseous sample, and assessing the presence of a pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample. The presence of the pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample is indicative of the presence of a first subterranean flow pathway between the first injector location and the first producer location.

A method to determine the weight percent of an amorphous fraction in an olefin-based polymer composition, comprising one or more olefin-based polymers; said method comprising the following steps: a) dissolving the olefin-based polymer composition in an organic solvent to form a polymer solution; b) injecting at least a portion of the polymer solution onto a support material, and wherein the support material has a Co-crystallization Index (CI) value from 0.70 to 1.20; c) cooling the support material at a rate greater than, or equal to, 0.2 C/min; d) increasing the temperature of the support material to elute the polymers of the olefin-based polymer composition; e) generating a chromatogram; f) determining the peak area of the first elution from its lower integration limit to its upper integration limit; g) calculating the amorphous fraction based on the following Equation A below: wt % amorphous fraction=PA.sub.amorphous/PA.sub.total?100 (Eqn. A); wherein PA.sub.amorp=peak area of the first elution, and PAtotal #191=total peak area of the polymers of the olefin-based polymer composition.

Tracing subterranean fluid flow includes providing a first polymeric tracer to a first injector, collecting a first aqueous sample from a first producer, and assessing the presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample. The first polymeric tracer includes a first polymer formed from at least a first monomer. The presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample is assessed by removing water from the first aqueous sample to yield a first dehydrated sample. pyrolyzing the first dehydrated sample to yield a first gaseous sample, and assessing the presence of a pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample. The presence of the pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample is indicative of the presence of a first subterranean flow pathway between the first injector location and the first producer location.

Tracing subterranean fluid flow includes providing a first polymeric tracer to a first injector, collecting a first aqueous sample from a first producer, and assessing the presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample. The first polymeric tracer includes a first polymer formed from at least a first monomer. The presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample is assessed by removing water from the first aqueous sample to yield a first dehydrated sample. pyrolyzing the first dehydrated sample to yield a first gaseous sample, and assessing the presence of a pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample. The presence of the pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample is indicative of the presence of a first subterranean flow pathway between the first injector location and the first producer location.

Tracing subterranean fluid flow includes providing a first polymeric tracer to a first injector, collecting a first aqueous sample from a first producer, and assessing the presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample. The first polymeric tracer includes a first polymer formed from at least a first monomer. The presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample is assessed by removing water from the first aqueous sample to yield a first dehydrated sample. pyrolyzing the first dehydrated sample to yield a first gaseous sample, and assessing the presence of a pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample. The presence of the pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample is indicative of the presence of a first subterranean flow pathway between the first injector location and the first producer location.

Provided is a thin layer chromatography plate that makes it possible to separate a plurality of components from each other more simply and more quickly. Thin layer chromatography plate includes substrate and separation layer that is disposed on substrate for separating multiple components included in a sample from each other. Separation layer has first layer that has a band shape and extends in first development direction and second layer that extends in second development direction orthogonal to first development direction. Second layer is in contact with first layer. First layer includes a hydrophilic porous body. Second layer includes a hydrophobic porous body.

The present invention relates to a device and a method for evaluating performance of a deodorant using a superabsorbent polymer (SAP), and the device and method are capable of quantitatively evaluating deodorant performance by collecting ammonia adsorbed to deodorant materials including the SAP and measuring the amount of ammonia thereof.

A polyimide precursor solution contains a polyimide precursor, wherein in the case where the polyimide precursor is analyzed by gel permeation chromatography, the elution curve of the polyimide precursor has a region A including a higher-molecular-weight peak and a region B including a lower-molecular-weight peak; a weight average molecular weight determined from the region A in terms of polystyrene is approximately 10,000 or more, and a weight average molecular weight determined from the region B in terms of polystyrene is approximately less than 10,000; and when the area of the region A is a and the area of the region B is b, the polyimide precursor satisfies Equation (1)

a/(a+b)=approximately from 0.70 to 0.98.Equation 1:

The present invention relates to a method for predicting the physical properties of polymers. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for predicting long-term stability of polymers using a molecular weight distribution curve.

A method increase of the Resolution Index (Rl) of a chromatogram generated from a polymer sample comprising at least two olefin-based polymers of different microstructures and/or at least two olefin-based polymer fractions of different microstructures. The method comprises separating the mixture on a low-porosity stationary phase and repeatedly cycling the sample-stationary phase through a series of cooling and heating stages with active eluent flow only during the cooling stages and during the last heating stage to elute the separated analytes off the column.