The following are summaries of four of the papers presented a t a Meeting of the Analytical Division, in conjunction with the Thermal Methods Group and the Historical Group of the CS, held on October 24th, 1979, at the Scientific Societies Lecture Theatre, Savile Row, London.
SynopsisThermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis have been employed to study the thermal degradation patterns of poly-m-aminostyrenes and poly-m-acetamidostyrenes of different molecular weights and also the corresponding 2: 1 copolymers with styrene. The thermal degradation routes have also been compared and contrasted with that of polystyrene. Experiments have been carried out in static air and dynamic nitrogen, and the different behavior exhibited by these polymers has been reconciled in terms of their differing structures and different mechanisms for pyrolytic degradation.
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