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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 57-61Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-3057(02)00185-4
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polyether nitrile copolymer; DSC; thermogravimetry; wide angle X-ray diffraction; activation energy; pendant methyl group
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Polyether nitrile and polyether nitrile copolymers with pendant methyl groups were prepared by the nucleophilic substitution reaction of 2,6'-dichlorobenzonitrile with hydroquinone (HQ) and with varying mole proportions of HQ and methyl hydroquinone (MeHQ) using N-methyl pyrrolidone solvent in the presence of anhydrous K2CO3. The polymers were characterised by different physico-chemical techniques. The crystallinity of the polymers was found to decrease with increase in concentration of the MeHQ units in the polymer. Thermogravimetric studies showed that all the polymers were stable up to 450 degreesC with a char yield above 50% at 900 degreesC in N-2 atmosphere. The glass transition temperature and activation energy of the polymers was found to increase with increase in concentration of the MeHQ units in the polymer. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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