Degradation kinetics of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly (methyl methacrylate) blends

Polymer Bulletin - Tập 58 - Trang 893-902 - 2006
Adam Al-Mulla1, Habib I. Shaban1
1Chemical Engineering Department, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Tóm tắt

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) PET and poly(methyl methacrylate) PMMA blends were made by melt mixing in a batch reactor. Three different weight ratios of PET : PMMA (25:75, 50:50 and 75:25) were chosen to study the effect of blend composition on the degradation kinetics. A relationship between the fractional volatiles evolved per unit time and the fraction of polymer degraded is established. The kinetic parameters for degradation were found using modified Avrami’s non-isothermal equation. Parameters like degradation rate constant (k) and order of degradation (n), were evaluated for the virgin polymers and the blends.

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