Thermal degradation behavior of radiation synthesized polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride

Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) studies were carried out on gamma radiation synthesized polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride (PDADMAC). The polymer was found to undergo thermal degradation in two stages. The first stage showed a weight loss of 33% and the second stage showed a weight loss of 67%. The DSC thermogram shows two endothermic peaks corresponding to the two stages in the TG thermogram and the experimental enthalpy change associated with the first and second stages were 650 J g⁻¹ and 129.5 J g⁻¹, respectively. The nth-order kinetic parameters (order of the reaction, activation energy and the pre-exponential factor) were determined from a single dynamic DSC or thermogravimetric (TG) thermogram by the method of least square. Theoretical TG/differential thermogravimetric (DTG) and DSC thermograms derived from the calculated kinetic parameters were in good agreement with the experimental ones at the heating rate employed. However, the kinetic parameters determined using TG and DSC were different. This leads to the conclusion that the degradation mechanism could be complicated and may consists of a number of parallel or consecutive reactions. The glass transition temperature (T_g) of the polymer was found to be around 150 °C depending on the test method employed.     

Kinetics of oxidation of ethyldigol by vanadium(V) in aqueous acidic medium

The kinetics of oxidation of ethyldigol by vanadium(V) in aqueous acidic medium has been carried out. The reaction is first order with respect to vanadium(V) and the substrate and is acid catalysed.Hammett acidity function (H ₀) andBunnett hypothesis have been applied. The formation of free radicals during the course of the reaction has been indicated. A probable reaction mechanism is proposed.

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Die Kinetik der Oxidation von Ethyldigol mit Vanadium(V) in wäßrigem saurem Medium

Zusammenfassung Es wurde die Kinetik der Oxidation von Ethyldigol mittels Vanadium(V) in wäßriger saurer Lösung untersucht. Die Reaktion ist erster Ordnung bezüglich Vanadium(V) und Substrat und ist säurekatalysiert. Es wurden dieHammett-Aciditätsfunktion (H ₀) und dieBunnett-Hypothese angewandt. Die Bildung von freien Radikalen während der Reaktion konnte bestätigt werden. Es wird ein Reaktionsmechanismus vorgeschlagen.

     

超临界苯类溶剂对聚苯乙烯降解的影响

在高压间歇反应器中,温度340~370℃,以苯、甲苯、乙苯和对二甲苯为超临界溶剂研究了聚苯乙烯(PS)的降解特性.苯类物质是聚苯乙烯的优良溶剂,在超临界条件下其优异的传质、传热性能使聚苯乙烯快速降解.聚苯乙烯在不同超临界溶剂中降解转化率相近,而降解产物组成差别很大,分析了不同超临界溶剂对聚苯乙烯降解过程的影响.结果表明超临界甲苯对降解过程影响最小,苯乙烯收率最高.聚苯乙烯降解过程中,高分子链断裂和解聚同时进行,结合连续分布理论建立了聚苯乙烯降解的动力学模型,得到在超临界甲苯中聚苯乙烯链端解聚活化能为138.4 kJ.mol-1.     

The thermal degradation of poly(diethyl fumarate)

The kinetics and mechanism of the thermal degradation of poly(diethyl fumarate) (PDEF) were studied by thermogravimetry, as well as by analysis of the thermolysis volatiles and polymer residue. The characteristic mass loss temperatures were determined, as were the overall thermal degradation activation energies of three PDEF samples of varying molar mass. Ethylene and ethanol were present in the thermolysis volatiles at degradation temperatures below 300 °C, while diethyl fumarate was also evidenced at higher degradation temperatures. The amount of monomer increased with increasing degradation temperature. The dependence of the molar mass of the residual polymer on the degradation time and temperature was established and the number of main-chain scissions per monomer unit, s/P₀, calculated. A thermal degradation mechanism including de-esterification and random main-chain scission is proposed. The thermal degradation of PDEF was compared to the thermolysis of poly(ethyl methacrylate) (PEMA), poly(diethyl itaconate) (PDEI) and poly(ethyl acrylate) (PEA).     

Kinetic investigation of a PC(sp)P pincer palladium (II) complex in the Heck reaction

An investigation of the kinetics of the Heck reaction between 4-iodoanisole and styrene catalysed by {cis-1,3-bis[(di-tert-butylphosphino)methyl]-cyclohexane} palladium (II) iodide (1) has been performed in DMF-d₇ solution. Based on mercury poisoning experiments a heterogeneous palladium catalyst formed from the pre-catalyst is proposed. Saturation behaviour with respect to the olefin concentration suggests a mechanism consisting of a pre-equilibrium association of the olefin followed by a rate determining reaction with aryl halide. The equilibrium constant for the olefin association, K₁, and the rate constant for the subsequent oxidative addition step, k₂, were determined to (5.7 ± 2.5) × 10⁻³ and 18.4 ± 2.7 M⁻¹ s⁻¹, respectively.     

Kinetic simulation of living carbocationic polymerizations. II. Simulation of living isobutylene polymerization using a mechanistic model

This paper discusses the kinetic simulation of TiCl₄--coinitiated living carbocationic isobutylene (IB) polymerizations governed by dormant-active equilibria, using a mechanistic model. Two kinetic models were constructed from the same underlying mechanism: one using a commercial simulation software package (Predici^®), and the other using the method of moments. Parameter estimation from experimental batch reactor data with Predici yielded a rate constant of propagation k_p = 4.64 × 10⁸ ± 2.75 × 10⁸ L/mol s, with no constraints imposed. This agrees with k_p data measured with diffusion clock and competition methods, but disagrees with kinetically obtained k_p values. Estimation of rate constants with Predici^® and the GREG parameter estimation software packages revealed that it was difficult to estimate the complete set of kinetic parameters, due to correlated effects of the parameters on model predictions. Estimability analysis confirmed that some of the strongly correlating parameters could not be estimated simultaneously using the available experimental data. Using k_p = 6 × 10⁸ ± 2.75  × 10⁸ L/mol s measured by Mayr, and using starting estimates of other rate constants defined by experimentally observed correlations, yielded the set of rate constants required for the simulations. Both kinetic models yielded good agreement with experimental data, with the exception of M_w values that slightly diverged from the theoretically predicted ‘M_w−M_n = constant’ relationship. This may indicate the occurrence of a minor side reaction. However, the k_p/k₋₁ = 17.5 L/mol average run length calculated from measured and simulated MWD data agrees well with earlier literature values.     

Review: Auto-oxidation of aliphatic polyamides

The literature on oxidation kinetics of polyamides and model compounds has been reviewed in order to try to extract suitable information for non-empirical kinetic modeling. Polyamide characteristics are systematically compared to polyolefin ones, these latter being more extensively studied. From kinetic analysis point of view, it is shown that oxidation attacks predominantly α amino methylenes of which C–H bond is considerably weaker than the other methylenes. As a result, propagation by H abstraction is considerably faster in polyamides than in polyethylene for instance. Termination by radical combination is also very fast. Another cause of PA oxidizability is the instability of α amino hydroperoxides linked to the inductive effect of nitrogen. This instability is responsible for many key features of oxidation kinetics especially the absence of induction period.     

Structure-dependent activities of Cu2O cubes in thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

Catalytic activity of three kinds of Cu₂O cubes with different structures for thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP) has been investigated in this paper. Cu₂O crystals in the form of cubic aggregate, mono-dispersed cube and {100} planes etched cube have been synthesized through a microwave-assisted solvothermal method by adjusting the composition of solvent. The decomposition of AP in the presence or absence of Cu₂O cubes has been investigated non-isothermally through thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The data obtained from DSC have been applied for the calculation and comparison of the kinetic parameters of AP decomposition process through a model-free approach. The obtained kinetic parameters have been used to predict the reaction rate and progress of AP with Cu₂O cubes under isothermal conditions or at temperature mode corresponding to real climate changes.     

Dosimetric and kinetic characteristics of watch glass sample

This paper reports the Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) and Thermoluminescence (TL) dosimetric and kinetic characteristics of commercial watch glass. Both of the ESR and TL response of the watch glass sample yielded linear behavior in the 0.5–135 Gy gamma dose range. ESR dosimetric properties of watch glass sample like dose-rate dependence, signal reproducibility and fading behavior have also been studied in detail. Kinetic behavior and activation energy of the radiation induced free radicals responsible from the ESR spectra of watch glass sample were determined. The TL kinetic parameters such as activation energy (E), frequency factor (s), order of kinetics (b) were also calculated by applying the methods of initial rise (IR), isothermal decay (ID), variable heating rate (VHR) and de-convolution.     

Macrocyclic thioether design by molecular modelling

Abstract

Two trithiamacrocycles have been designed by molecular modelling to have preorganised endodentate sulfur donor atoms. These new macrocycles have five- and six-membered saturated heterocycles inserted into 2,5,8-trithia[9]-m-benzenophane; molecular dynamics simulations suggest that the endo forms will be rigid on a nanosecond timescale. Optimum metal-sulfur distances which the new ligands will accommodate lie between 2.76 Å and 2.95 Å, suggesting they will be particularly suitable for a large soft metal ion such as silver(I).