Thermal analysis of polyarylene amines

Autor: N.D. Baikina, R.S. Balakireva, S.N. Stepin, A.N. Pravednikov, Ye.V. Kuznetsov, V.V. Kopylov
Rok vydání: 1974
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Zdroj: Polymer Science U.S.S.R.. 16:225-233
ISSN: 0032-3950
DOI: 10.1016/0032-3950(74)90135-x
Popis: The replacement of a p -phenylene by a m -phenylene nucleus in polyarylene amines, the addition to a polymer chain of hetero-atoms and an increase in the reaction temperature from 200 to 300° reduce stability, while treatment of a polymer with Al 2 O 3 and isolation of a fraction with narrow MWD increases heat stability up to partial auto-stabilization. In most of the cases examined it was found that the thermal decomposition of polyarylene amines takes place in many stages; the apparent activation energy of the first stage varies from 14 to 40 kcal/mole according to the structure and method of preparing the polymer. This fact and the relative constancy of exothermal maxima suggests that the rupture of CN bonds in the main chain is the limiting factor in thermal decomposition of the polymers studied.
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