Thermogravimetric analysis of vinylacetate‐vinylbutyrate copolymers
Author(s) -
van der Meer Roelof,
German Anton L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
die angewandte makromolekulare chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1522-9505
pISSN - 0003-3146
DOI - 10.1002/apmc.1976.050560103
Subject(s) - thermogravimetric analysis , copolymer , acetic acid , chemistry , butyric acid , polymer chemistry , extension (predicate logic) , organic chemistry , polymer , computer science , programming language
The composition of copolymers of vinylacetate (VAc) and vinylbutyrate (VB) can be determined rapidly and satisfactorily by dynamic thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), in spite of the fact that both acetic and butyric acid are abstracted simultaneously and incompletely from their respective segments. The TGA results are compared with those obtained by gaschromatographic analysis of the reaction mixtures during copolymerization, and are within experimental error. Extension of this analysis method to other binary vinylester combinations seems to be possible.
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