- Author
- Ehlers, G. F. L. | Fisch, K. R. | Powell, W. R.
- Title
- Studies of the Breakdown Mechanisms of Polymers. Part 6. The Thermal Decomposition of Polybenzoxazoles and Polybenzothiazoles. Final Technical Report. September 1969-September 1970.
- Coporate
- Air Force Materials Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
- Report
- AFML-TR-71-116, September 1979, 50 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- thermal decomposition | pyrolysis | degradation | decomposition | thermal stability | mass spectroscopy
- Identifiers
- polybenzoxazoles; polybenzothiazoles
- Abstract
- The thermal breakdown of three polybenzolxazoles and three polybenzothiazoles was studied in vacuum between 450 and 660 deg C, and two model compounds, corresponding to the two basic polymer systems above, were subjected to flash pryolysis.