Authors: Massimo Lazzari Tatsuki Kitayama Shougang He Koichi Hatada Oscar Chiantore
Publish Date: 1997/07/01
Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-91
Abstract
The thermal degradation of a series of polymethacrylic acids PMADs with different tacticities has been investigated under inert atmosphere All the samples showed two main degradation stages The first decomposition process of isotactic PMAD consisted of the formation of anhydride groups almost quantitatively by dehydration In the case of PMADs with lower isotactic content the elimination of water between neighboring carboxylic groups is less favored and the anhydridization shifts at higher temperatures where other degradation reactions may take place at the same time The temperatures of maximum volatilization rates at the second step of decomposition increased in the order isotactic atactic syndiotactic
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