Reactivity control in substituted diacetylenic monomer shelf life monitoring systems
First Claim
1. The method of varying the heat-induced solid state polymerization reactivity of a substituted diacetylenic monomer shelf life monitoring system composition component which comprises a) providing a solution of said monomer component in a first state of said reactivity at a temperature below the reflux temperature of said solution, b) heating said solution to said reflux temperature in a reflux system, c) continuing reflux of said solution for a predetermined time period, and d) recrystallizing the solute from said refluxed solution to thereby yield said monomer component in a second state of said reactivity.
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Abstract
A product shelf life monitoring system comprising an active substituted diacetylenic monomer component indicator composition is responsive to an integral of varying temperature over time to effect a solid state polymerization in the active monomer which results in a visible change in color density or the like at a rate designed to closely approximate the degradation, or shelf life, of an associated foodstuff or medicament product. The reactivity of the monomer component upon which the time-temperature integral of the indicator composition, and thus the represented shelf life, primarily depends may be readily varied by refluxing a solution of the monomer in a selected solvent for a predetermined time prior to recrystallization of the monomer for incorporation into the indicator composition.
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1. The method of varying the heat-induced solid state polymerization reactivity of a substituted diacetylenic monomer shelf life monitoring system composition component which comprises
a) providing a solution of said monomer component in a first state of said reactivity at a temperature below the reflux temperature of said solution, b) heating said solution to said reflux temperature in a reflux system, c) continuing reflux of said solution for a predetermined time period, and d) recrystallizing the solute from said refluxed solution to thereby yield said monomer component in a second state of said reactivity.
- 7. A product shelf life monitoring system composition comprising an active substituted diacetylenic monomer component derived by recrystallization from a refluxed solution of said component.
- 12. A product shelf life monitoring system comprising a substrate surface bearing an active indicator composition responsive in a visible change under incident thermal energy to which an associated product is susceptible, said indicator composition comprising an active substituted diacetylenic monomer component derived by recrystallization from a refluxed solution of said component.
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