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Synthetic, structural, and thermal degradation of a tercopolymer derived from salicylic acid, guanidine, and formaldehyde
Author(s) -
Michael Pratik E. P.,
Lingala Peter S.,
Juneja H. D.,
Paliwal L. J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.13691
Subject(s) - formaldehyde , salicylic acid , activation energy , guanidine , thermal stability , entropy of activation , chemistry , polymer chemistry , catalysis , kinetic energy , condensation polymer , kinetics , chemical engineering , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , reaction rate constant , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
A salicylic acid–guanadine–formaldehyde (SGF) tercopolymer was synthesized by the condensation of salicylic acid with guanidine carbonate and formaldehyde in 1 : 1 : 2 molar proportions in the presence of 2 M HCl as a catalyst. The SGF tercopolymer was characterized on the basis of elemental analysis and ultraviolet–visible, IR, and NMR spectral studies. The Freeman–Carroll and Sharp–Wentworth methods were used to calculate the activation energy and thermal stability of the tercopolymer. Kinetic parameters such as activation energy, entropy change, free‐energy change, frequency factor, apparent entropy change, and order of reaction were calculated with the Freeman–Carroll method. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 92: 2278–2283, 2004