Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5203716 | Polymer Degradation and Stability | 2008 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The structural evolution and thermal behavior of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) homopolymer and copolymer [P(AN-IA)] containing about 1.5Â mol% itaconic acid (IA) during stabilization in air were studied by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG). A new parameter Es=A1595cmâ1/A2243cmâ1 was defined to evaluate the extent of stabilization. The kinetic parameters, viz. activation energy (Ea) and pre-exponential factor (A) of the stabilization reactions were calculated by Kissinger method and Ozawa method. FTIR analysis indicated that the cyclization of nitrile groups was initiated at a lower temperature by the IA comonomer and the stabilization proceeded at a more moderate pace in P(AN-IA) than in PAN, while an IA additive was found to be decomposed and failed to initiate the cyclization at a lower temperature. The improvement effect of IA comonomer on the stabilization reactions was further confirmed by the dynamic thermal analysis and kinetic study.
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Authors
Qin Ouyang, Lu Cheng, Haojing Wang, Kaixi Li,