Expandable styrene/methyl methacrylate copolymer: Synthesis and determination of VOCs by combined thermogravimetry/differential thermal analysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
E. Haddadi
Technical Higher Education Center of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Search for more papers by this authorE. Mehravar
Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
Faculty of Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
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F. Abbasi
Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
Faculty of Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran===Search for more papers by this authorK. Jalili
Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
Faculty of Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
Search for more papers by this authorE. Haddadi
Technical Higher Education Center of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Search for more papers by this authorE. Mehravar
Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
Faculty of Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
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F. Abbasi
Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
Faculty of Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran===Search for more papers by this authorK. Jalili
Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
Faculty of Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
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Parts cast of metals using expandable polystyrene foams may have an unacceptable amount of surface defects, such as lustrous carbon. The use of foams made of styrenic/acrylic copolymers can improve the quality of foam molds and metal parts made using such molds. Lost foam copolymer was synthesized by suspension copolymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate. The polymerization was carried out in the presence of blowing agents. The decomposition products of lost foam beads were studied by a method composed of the thermogravimetry/differential thermal analysis (TG/DTA) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). With these systems, the TG/DTA data can be combined with a GC separation and MS identification methods. This combined method improves the analysis of the decomposition products of lost foam beads and enables the precise identification of the amount and the nature of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) trapped during suspension polymerization. The results obtained from the combined method were verified for the nature and amount of VOCs with the results of time-conversion studies for copolymerization of monomers in the presence of different concentrations of blowing agent. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011
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