Thermal and thermo-oxidative degradations of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4- phenylene oxide) (PPO)/copoly(aryl ether sulfone) P(ESES-co-EES) block copolymers: A kinetic study

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 375-381

  Blanco, I ^a   Cicala, G ^a   Latteri, A ^a   Mamo, A ^a   Recca, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activation energy of degradation; Block copolymer; Initial decomposition temperature; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ABA BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ACTIVATION ENERGY OF DEGRADATIONS; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; INITIAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURES; PHENOLIC HYDROXYL GROUP; POLY(2 ,6-DIMETHYL-1 ,4-PHENYLENE OXIDE); THERMAL AND THERMO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; TWO STEP METHOD;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ETHERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84875455041     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2793-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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