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The use of ultrasound to initiate ring‐opening polymerization
Author(s) -
Stoessel S. J.
Publication year - 1993
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.1993.070480314
Subject(s) - polymerization , polycarbonate , ultrasound , materials science , bisphenol a , polymer chemistry , ring opening polymerization , composite material , polymer , epoxy , physics , acoustics
It has been discovered that a combination of heat and high‐power ultrasound can be used to initiate ring‐opening polymerization in cyclic bisphenol A polycarbonate oligomers. The polymerization can be conducted with or without the use of added chemical initiators. The use of ultrasound was extended to prepare glass‐filled composites. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.