Thermooxidative degradation of poly(vinyl chloride) and chlorinated polyethylene with different Ca/Zn carboxylates |
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Authors: | N S Vrandečić I Klarić T Kovačić |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Organic Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Split, Teslina 10/V, 21 000 Split, Croatia |
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Abstract: | The thermooxidative degradation of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) and PVC/CPE blend 50/50 was
investigated by means of dynamic and isothermal thermogravimetric analysis in the flowing atmosphere of air. To estimate the
thermooxidative stability of the samples the characteristics of thermogravimetric (TG) curves were used. Kinetic parameters
(the apparent activation energy E and preexponential factor Z) were calculated after isoconversional method for the first
stage of dynamic degradation where dehydrochlorination (DHCl) of PVC and/or CPE is the main degradation reaction. Despite
the chemical resemblance, the degradation mechanisms of CPE and PVC are different, as a consequence of differences in microregularity
of the corresponding polymer chains. The addition of Ca/Zn carboxylates as well as the ratio of Ca and Zn carboxylates have
considerably different influence on the investigated polymers.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | Ca/Zn carboxylates chlorinated polyethylene poly(vinyl chloride) thermogravimetric analysis thermooxidation |
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