Phospha-s-triazines. IV. Degradation studies of 1-diarylphospha-3,5-bis(perfluoroaliphatic)-2,4,6-triazines and 1,3,-bis(diarylphospha)-5-perfluoroaliphatic-2,4,6-triazines

Thermal and thermal oxidative stability evaluations were performed on mono- and diphospha-s-triazines at 235 and 316°C using sealed Pyrex ampoules. The specific compounds studied were: 1-diphenylphospa-3,5-bis(perfluoro-n-heptyl)-2,4,6-triazine, 1-diphenylphospha-3,5-bis(perfluoro-alkylether)-2,4,6-triazines, their respective pentafluorophenyl analogues, 1,3-bis(diphenylphospha)-5-perfluoro-n-heptyl-2,4,6-triazine and 1,3-bis(diphenylphospha)-5-perfluoroalkylether-2,4,6-triazine. All the compounds wherein phenyl groups were present on the phosphorous exhibited good thermal stability up to 316°C; the analogous pentafluorophenyl substituted materials were degraded extensively at these temperatures. The oxidative stability of both the mono- and diphospha-s-triazines was excellent at 235°C, but at 316°C some degradation was observed. This was more pronounced in compounds containing the perfluoroalkyl moiety on carbon than in the perfluoroalkylether substituted members of the series.