Image of the Week - 04 February 2003

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Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide

ESEM image, in HiVac mode, of agglomerated polyacrylamide (HPAM). This form of acrylamide can be applied to boat hulls to reduce drag in the water; similar drag-reducing polymers were also used in the Alaskan Oil Pipeline.

Image Courtesy: Seunghyun Baik, Department of Chemical Engineering

Contact: sbaik@scs.uiuc.edu

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