A STUDY OF THE THERMALLY-INDUCED CARBONIZATION OF PHENOLFORMALDEHYDE BY COMBINED ION-BEAM AND SURFACE SPECIFIC ANALYSES

Citation
D. Ila et al., A STUDY OF THE THERMALLY-INDUCED CARBONIZATION OF PHENOLFORMALDEHYDE BY COMBINED ION-BEAM AND SURFACE SPECIFIC ANALYSES, Vacuum, 45(4), 1994, pp. 451-454
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
VacuumACNP
ISSN journal
0042207X
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
451 - 454
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-207X(1994)45:4<451:ASOTTC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS), Raman microprobe spectro scopy and electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) have been used to study thermally induced structural changes in phenolformaldeh yde resin. Resin samples were heat treated in an inert gas environment at temperatures ranging from 200 to 2500-degrees-C. Results obtained from RBS spectra showed that the content of oxygen and other gaseous p roducts of carbonization is reduced at higher heat treatment temperatu res (HTT), which is in agreement with ESCA results. Raman microprobe s pectroscopy clearly indicates that a key step in the carbonization pro cess occurs between 500 and 575-degrees-C. The concentration ratios of various constituents to carbon were used as a complementary tool to t he results obtained by ESCA to clarify the processes of thermally indu ced purification.