Volume 110, Issue 4 pp. 2205-2210

Thermal degradation behavior of poly(vinyl chloride) in the presence of poly(glycidyl methacrylate)

Magdy W. Sabaa

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Magdy W. Sabaa

Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt===Search for more papers by this author
Zeinab R. Farag

Zeinab R. Farag

Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, El-Fayoum University, El-Fayoum, Egypt

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Nadia A. Mohamed

Nadia A. Mohamed

Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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First published: 11 August 2008
Citations: 16

Abstract

The thermal degradation behavior of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) in presence of poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) has been studied using continuous potentiometric determination of the evolved HCl gas from the degradation process from one hand and by evaluating the extent of discoloration of the degraded samples from the other. The efficiency of blending PGMA with dibasic lead carbonate (DBLC) conventional thermal stabilizer has also been investigated. A probable radical mechanism for the effect of PGMA on the thermal stabilization of PVC has been suggested based on data reported by FTIR and elemental analyses. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008

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