| Abstract: | The degradation of films containing both PVA and PS has been investigated for comparison with the behavior already reported for PVC/PS blends. The presence of PS had little, if any, effect on the behavior of PVA, but PVA had an effect similar to that of PVC on the degradation of PS. Styrene production was retarded in the blend, compared to PS alone, and an increase in the rate of chain scission was observed for a high molecular weight sample. The molecular weight effect, however, was much smaller than in corresponding experiments with PVC/PS blends. Interference with intermolecular transfer in PS is again advanced as the probable explanation of the stabilization of PS. |
