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Using the Agrawal integral equation to study the thermal degradation of polyvinyl acetate-montmorillonite-dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide

  • Qun Fang , Hui-wan Cui EMAIL logo and Guan-ben Du
Published/Copyright: December 15, 2012
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Abstract

To study the pyrolysis kinetics of exfoliated nanocomposites, polyvinyl acetate (PVAc)-montmorillonite (MMT)-dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide (DOAB) was prepared through five different synthesis processes. The synthesis processes and MMT-DOAB had some effect on the thermal degradation, which was found to consist of eight phases. MMT-DOAB had no significant effect on the pyrolysis temperature, but delayed the thermal degradation process. The pyrolysis kinetics in thermal degradation were analyzed using the Agrawal integral equation.


Corresponding author: Hui-wan Cui, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan , China

Received: 2012-8-27
Accepted: 2012-11-10
Published Online: 2012-12-15
Published in Print: 2013-02-01

©2013 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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