Thermal decomposition products of polyethylene

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001508
Author	Search for: Tsuchiya, Y.¹; Search for: Sumi, K.
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada
Format	Text, Article
Subject	Combustion; pyrolysis; high density polyethylene; chromatography; free radicals
Abstract	Decomposition products of polymers have been determined by many investigators, but the results are often conflicting because of difficulties in analyzing a large number of products. A comprehensive analysis of the volatile thermal decomposition products of high-density polyethylene has been made with the latest techniques in gas chromatography. The formation of products is explained on the basis of free- radical mechanism. The predominant process in the formation of volatiles appears to be intramolecular transfer of radicals, in which isomerization by a coiling mechanism plays an important role in determining the relative quantities of each product.
Publication date	1968-06-01
Publisher	National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
Series	Research Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-RP-367 (1 June 1968).
Note	Reprinted from: Journal of Polymer Science, v. 6, pt. A-1, no. 2, February 1968, p. 415-424. ISSN: 0449-296X
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 10212 NRC-IRC-3937
NPARC number	20375642
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