THERMAL-DEGRADATION OF VINYL ACETATE-METHACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER AND THE HOMOPOLYMERS .2. THERMAL-ANALYSIS STUDIES

Authors
MCNEILL IC AHMED S MEMETEA L
Citation
Ic. Mcneill et al., THERMAL-DEGRADATION OF VINYL ACETATE-METHACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER AND THE HOMOPOLYMERS .2. THERMAL-ANALYSIS STUDIES, Polymer degradation and stability, 48(1), 1995, pp. 89-97
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymer degradation and stability → ACNP
ISSN journal
01413910
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
89 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-3910(1995)48:1<89:TOVAAC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The thermal degradation of a vinyl acetate-methacrylic acid (VA-MAA) c opolymer with a 53:47 monomer ratio and about 65% alternating units an d of the homopolymers has been investigated over the temperature range 160-500 degrees C, in dynamic nitrogen, using TG, DSC and thermal vol atilisation analysis (TVA). The main pyrolysis products have been iden tified and the characteristics of the reactions deduced and discussed.