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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
Volume 70, Issue 3, Pages 387-394Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(00)00132-4
Keywords
fibrous long chain organic acid cellulose esters; undecylenic acid; undecanoic acid; oleic acid; stearic acid; thermal degradation; thermogravimetry (TG); differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); kinetics
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The thermal degradation behavior of cellulose fibers and some fibrous cellulose esters with partial degree of substitution has been studied by thermogravimetry analysis (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Cellulose esters were prepared by heterogeneous esterification in Py/TsCl with unsaturated or saturated long chain organic acids [undecylenic (C-11), undecanoic (C-11), oleic (C-18) and stearic (C-18)]. The thermal degradation of cellulose fibers follows a one-step process. The thermal stability of cellulose esters is inferior to that of unmodified cellulose fibers and the thermograms show a two-step degradation process, probably controlled by crosslinking reactions, which occur during thermal decomposition. Exothermic peaks in the DSC thermograms are also an indication of such reactions. Kinetic parameters such as the activation energy E, order of decomposition n, and frequency factor Z were obtained following the Friedman method. The cellulose sample followed first order of decomposition, however for cellulose esters higher orders were observed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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