Zum mechanismus des strahlenchemischen abbaus von polytetrafluorethylen

The present work studies the changes in polymer structure and the mechanism of the decomposition of polytetrafluoroethylene resin (PTFE) exposed to high energy radiation (electron beam). Spectroscopic and kinetic observations are used to interpret the degradation process. For the first time the decomposition of PTFE has been carried out on a preparative scale and new results obtained by analysing the degradation products. The radiation-induced degradation of PTFE is accompanied by thermal degradation under certain irradiation conditions. This is due to an increase in temperature of the polymer caused by retardation of highly accelerated electrons (heat accumulation effect).The kinetics are discussed in terms of the reactions and recombination of radicals produced by high-energy radiation both in the polymer melt and the polymer surface. These are related to the overall rate of decomposition.The primary radicals formed by decomposition of PTFE in an inert atmosphere (N₂, Ar) react to produce perfluorinated alkanes and alkenes. In the presence of reactive gases the decomposition fragments originated will react rapidly; e.g. if oxygen is present in the reactive area the radicals form perflourinated peroxyl and oxyl radicals which finally stabilize themselves by CC-scission to perfluorocarbon acid fluorides and carbonyldifluorides.     

Eine neue Methode zur Bestimmung des spezifischen Kaliumpermanganatverbrauches von Humins?uren

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine indirekte Methode zur Bestimmung des spezifischen Kaliumpermanganatverbrauches von Huminsäuren beschrieben. Die Huminsäuren werden mit einer 0,01 m Blei(II)-nitratlösung gefällt und der gebildete Pb-Huminsäure-Niederschlag ausgewogen. Aus dem PbGehalt und dem Kaliumpermanganatverbrauch des Pb-HuminsäureKomplexes ergibt sich der Kaliumpermanganatverbrauch pro Milligramm Huminsäure. Im Gegensatz zu Eisen(III)-chlorid verändert Blei(II)nitrat die Oxydierbarkeit der Huminsäuren nicht, so daß indirekt und direkt bestimmter spezifischer Kaliumpermanganatverbrauch übereinstimmen.Es wurden die spezifischen Kaliumpermanganatverbrauchswerte von zwei Huminsäuren bekannter Oxydierbarkeit (Fluka-Humussäure und Moorwasser-Huminsäure) und von Huminsäuren aus 3 natürlichen Wässern bestimmt. Die Fehlerbereiche der Mittelwerte betragen bei den Modellsubstanzen (je 15 Analysenwerte) ±4% (Huminsäure Fluka) bzw. ±3% (Moorwasser-Huminsäure) und bei den praktischen Analysen ±4% ±11% bzw. ±7% des jeweiligen Mittelwertes.

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Summary An indirect method for the determination of the specific permanganate consumption of humic acids is described. The humic acids are precipitated by 0,01 M lead(II)nitrate and the precipitate of lead-humic acid is weighed. The permanganate consumption per mg humic acid results from the lead-content and the permanganate consumption of the lead-humic acid complex. As opposed to ferric chloride lead(II) nitrate does not change the oxidizability of humic acids; hence, indirectly and directly determined permanganate consumption equal each other. — The values of the specific permanganate consumption of two humic acids of known oxidizability and of three samples of humic acids isolated from natural water-sources are determined. The limit of error of the mean values is between ±3% and ±11%.

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Wir danken Frl. Roswitha Raspe und Frau Helga Boje für fleißige technische Mitarbeit.     

Penetration and Crosslinking of Macromolecules

One of the topical problems of macromolecular chemistry is the question of the extent to which macromolecules in solution or in the amorphous solid state can engage in mutual interpenetration. The present article is concerned primarily with recent investigations on cross-linking copolymerization and with inter-and intramolecular reactions of polymers as a contribution to the study of molecular shape.