Accession Number:

AD0711630

Title:

KINETICS OF AUTOXIDATION OF ATACTIC POLYPROPYLENE IN THE PRESENCE OF COBALT SALTS BY INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

STEVENS INST OF TECH HOBOKEN NJ DEPT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Report Date:

1970-08-03

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

The autoxidation of a film of atactic polypropylene APP in the presence of cobalt salts was studied quantitatively by means of infrared spectroscopy. Reactions were traced as a function of temperature, oxygen concentration and time. Temperatures varied from 100 to 130C and oxygen concentrations from 5 to 100 by volume. A general reaction scheme previously reported by the authors for the uncatalyzed autoxidation of atactic polypropylene was modified to account for the cobalt acetylacetonate-catalyzed autoxidation of APP in the bulk phase.

Subject Categories:

  • Polymer Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE