Pyrolysis of poly(2-propylheptyl acrylate)

The thermal destruction processes of poly(2-propylheptyl acrylate) take place at the range of temperature 250–950 °C was investigated using pyrolysis–gas chromatography. Knowledge of the types and amounts of pyrolysis products will provide important information about the thermal degradation of homopolymer poly(2-propylheptyl acrylate) and the mechanisms involved. Unsaturated monomers 2-propylheptyl acrylate and 2-propylheptyl methacrylate, according to by-product alkyl alcohol 2-propylheptylalcohol, alkene 2-propylheptene-1, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and ethane were formed during thermal degradation of poly(2-propylheptyl acrylate).