Identification of Normal Paraffins and Olefins from Thermal Decomposition Products of Polyethylene

1 May 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Vol. 46 (5) , 1480-1482
https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.46.1480

Abstract

Straight-chain components of the high boiling fractions of thermal decomposition products of low-density polyethylene were obtained through urea adduct formation, and analyzed by chromatographic separation methods. They were found to be a mixture of approximately 60 wt% of paraffins (C₁₀ to C₃₀), 35 wt% of terminal olefins (C₁₀ to C₂₆), and 5 wt% of nonterminal olefins (C₁₀ to C₂₆) with predominantly 2-alkenes. A silica gel–silver nitrate mixture was found to be useful for chromatographic separation of hydrocarbon components.

Keywords

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION

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