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Thermal Degradation and Kinetics of Poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate)/Organoclay Nanocomposites
Author(s) -
Erceg Matko,
Kovačić Tonka,
Klarić Ivka
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200850710
Subject(s) - organoclay , thermal stability , nanocomposite , kinetics , materials science , isothermal process , degradation (telecommunications) , intercalation (chemistry) , chemical engineering , kinetic energy , thermal , polymer chemistry , composite material , chemistry , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , engineering
Abstract Poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate)/Cloisite30B (PHB/30B) nanocomposites were prepared by solution‐intercalation method. The influence of 30B content on the thermal stability of PHB was investigated. With the addition of 3 wt. % of 30B the highest thermal stability of PHB was achieved. The kinetic analysis of the non‐isothermal degradation was performed using the isoconversional Friedman method and invariant kinetic parameters method.