Thermal degradation of deoxybenzoin polymers studied by pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1059-1066

  Ranganathan, T ^a   Beaulieu, Michael ^a   Zilberman, Joseph ^a   Smith, Kenneth D ^b   Westmoreland, Phillip R ^b   Farris, Richard J ^a   Coughlin, E Bryan ^a   Emrick, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Deoxybenzoin; Flame retardant polymers; Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry studies; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCONDENSATION; PYROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DEOXYBENZOIN; FLAME-RETARDANT POLYMERS; POLYARYLATES; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY STUDIES;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 43849101261     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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