Polyene sequence distribution in thermally degraded poly(vinyl chloride)
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Chemistry Edition
- Vol. 13 (8) , 1889-1899
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.1975.170130813
Abstract
A kinetic model for the formation of polyene sequences during the thermal degradation of poly(vinyl chloride) in nitrogen is proposed. The model includes a propagation step of the “zipper” type and termination by crosslinking. The initiation can occur randomly or at weak links in the polymer chain. The rate of polyene growth increased with increasing polyene sequence length and passed through a flat maximum at n = 7. The average polyene sequence length was almost constant up to about 0.5% conversion, but then slowly decreased with increasing conversion. This was the result of a larger extent of termination reactions (crosslinking) at higher conversions. At 0.2–0.5% conversion an average polyene sequence length of about 6 was observed. The degradation was carried out in nitrogen at 190°C. The experimental results were obtained from ultraviolet‐visible spectrophotometric measurements.Keywords
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