Physico-chemical aspects of polyethylene processing in an open mixer. Part 15: Product yields on bimolecular hydroperoxide decomposition

Pseudo-monomolecular hydroperoxide decomposition involving a hydroperoxide group and a segment of the polymer requires only parameters already envisaged previously. It does not seem to be important for polyethylene processing. However, it has been envisaged for thermolysis of polyethylene hydroperoxides in a press. The product yields calculated in this work for this reaction do not agree with the data from thermolysis of polyethylene hydroperoxides. The calculations allow concluding that pseudo-monomolecular hydroperoxide decomposition cannot be the only reaction on thermolysis of polyethylene hydroperoxides.