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The effect of heat history on thermal degradation of elastomers containing butadiene units
Author(s) -
Amiri Amraee I.
Publication year - 2009
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.30406
Subject(s) - elastomer , materials science , isothermal process , thermogravimetry , degradation (telecommunications) , composite material , thermal , thermal analysis , natural rubber , polymer chemistry , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , telecommunications , physics , computer science , engineering
The aim of this research is to develop a new method for studying thermal degradation behavior of elastomers containing butadiene units by isothermal and anisothermal analysis. Accelerated aging such as isothermal thermogravimetry analysis shows that when BR, SBR and NBR elastomers are subjected to specific time and temperature condition in nitrogen atmosphere, an interchain reaction occurs. Experimental observations also show that thermal degradation mechanism of these elastomers depends on heating rate and time–temperature history. For these types of elastomers, the effect of time is similar to temperature and time–temperature superposition principle can be employed for studying the thermal degradation mechanism of elastomer containing butadiene units. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009