Citation
G. Ellis et al., THERMAL-STABILITY AND DEGRADATION MECHANISM FOR 2 MAIN-CHAIN LIQUID-CRYSTAL POLYESTERS - A TG-MS STUDY, JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY, 52(3), 1998, pp. 683-695
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Analytical","Chemistry Physical
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
ISSN journal
13886150
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Volume
52
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
683 - 695
Database
ISI
SICI code
0368-4466(1998)52:3<683:TADMF2>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The thermal stabilities of two thermotropic liquid crystal polyesters
were analysed by means of thermogravimetric analysis (TG), as a functi
on, of the chemical structure of the aliphatic spacer between the arom
atic-triad mesogenic units. TG was combined with mass spectrometry to
confirm that the degradation mechanism previously observed in a Fourie
r transform infrared study of the degrading polymers follows a beta-ci
s-elimination process.