Thermal degradation of trioxane-dioxolane copolymers obtained with boron trifluorideacrylonitrile complex as initiator

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1987

Abstract

The thermal degradation of certain trioxane-dioxolane copolymers obtained with boron trifluoride-acrylonitrile complex as initiator has been investigated. The thermal stability of samples, discussed in terms of topoenergetic values, was relsted both to copolymer composition and conversion. The most thermostable copolymers (-5% weight loss at 300ºC in air), having 5-8% dioxolane units, had the highest intrinsic viscosity in the series and were isolated at 3550% conversion. The results obtained were compared with similar data for a commercial trioxane- ethylene oxide copolymer containing 95% formal units. © 1987, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Macromolecular Science: Part A - Chemistry

First Page

787

Last Page

796

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