- Author
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Lum, R. M.
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Kelleher, P. G.
- Title
- Molecular Characterization of the Thermal Decomposition of ABS.
- Coporate
- Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ
- Journal
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American Chemical Society, Polymer,
Vol. 20,
No. 2,
608-613,
1979
- Keywords
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plastics
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impact resistance
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thermal decomposition
- Abstract
- Acrylonitile-butadience-stryrene (ABS) is widely used for molded plastics applications because of its excellent physical properties which result in molded products having good appearance and high impact resistance. Many studies of this material have been performed including analysis of component fractions by different techiques (1),(2), effects of heat and light-aging on physcial propeties (3),(4) and the relationship of rubber content to the impact propertis of samples in various stages of oxidations. This study is concerned with the molecular-level details of the thermal decompsotion of ABS, a subject which has received little attention.