Characterization of volatile nylon 6.6 thermal-oxidative degradation products by selective isotopic labeling and cryo-GC/MS

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1579-1592

  Smith, Jonell N ^a   White II, Gregory V ^a   White, Michael I ^a   Bernstein, Robert ^a   Hochrein, James M ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryofocusing gas chromatography mass spectrometry (Cryo GC MS); Isotopic labeling; Nylon 6.6 degradation; Thermal oxidative degradation; Volatile low molecular weight degradation products

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACIDS; AGING TIME; AMBIENT AIR; CHROMATOGRAPHIC PEAKS; CRYOFOCUSING; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FRAGMENTATION PATHWAYS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; HEADSPACE GAS; HEXANEDIAMINE; ISOTOPIC LABELING; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPICALLY LABELED; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MASS SPECTRA; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION;

AGING OF MATERIALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERS; RAYON; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

DEGRADATION;

1 PENTENE; 1,6 HEXANEDIAMINE; 2 BUTANONE; 2 HEXANONE; 2 PENTANONE; ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; ADIPIC ACID; AMMONIA; BENZENE; BUTANE; BUTENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLOPENTANONE; CYCLOPENTANONE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTENE; CYCLOPENTENE DERIVATIVE; METHYL ACETATE; NYLON; PYRIDINE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TETRAHYDROPYRAN; TETRAHYDROPYRAN DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYOFOCUSING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY; DEGRADATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MACROMOLECULE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PURIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 84865706941     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0415-x     Document Type: Article

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