- Author
- Chien, J. C. W. | Kiang, J. K. Y.
- Title
- Polymer Reaction. Part 8. Oxidative Pyrolysis of Poly(Propylene).
- Coporate
- Massachusetts Univ., Amherst
- Journal
- Makomolekulare Chemie, Vol. 181,
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Part 8, 1980, 11 p.
- Contract
- NBS-GRANT-G7-9010
- Keywords
- pyrolysis | polypropylene | radicals
- Abstract
- Poly(isoprene) has been oxidized at temperatures between 240 and 289 deg C. The products were GC separated and on-line identified by an interfaced GC peak identification system. The major products are CO2, H2O, acetaldehyde, acetone, butanal, formaldehyde, methanol and other ketones and aldehydes. Most of the products can be accounted for by well-known reactions of alkoxyl and peroxyl radicals; the major products are derived from the secondary alkoxy and peroxy species.