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Depolymerization of nylon 6: Some kinetic modeling aspects
Author(s) -
Ogale Amod A.
Publication year - 1984
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.1984.070291227
Subject(s) - depolymerization , nylon 6 , caprolactam , polymerization , kinetic energy , polymer chemistry , materials science , kinetics , reaction mechanism , chemistry , polymer science , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , polymer , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Abstract Depolymerization reactions of nylon 6 [poly(ϵ‐caprolactam)] have been modeled based on an existing mechanism for reversible polymerization reactions. The method of moments proposed by Min has been used together with kinetic and equilibrium constants for polymerization reactions to simulate depolymerization reactions. Simulation results thus obtained for batch and semibatch processes compare well with the corresponding experimental results.