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Effects of phenyl-s-triazine moieties on thermal stability and degradation behavior of aromatic polyether sulfones

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The effect of the incorporation of phenyl-s-triazine units into the main chain of phthalazinone-based polyether sulfones on initial decomposition temperature, activation energy, thermal-mechanical property and possible degradation mechanism has been investigated. To this purpose, decomposition of poly(phthalazinone ether sulfone phenyl-s-triazine) copolymers (PPESPs) of different monomer compositions have been studied by utilizing thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry. Non-isothermal experiments under nitrogen were performed, and the apparent activation energy (E a) was calculated by isoconversional and conversional methods including the methods of Flynn-Wall-Ozawa, Friedman and Kissinger. In the conversion range (5–30%) studied, solid-state decomposition process of PPESPs is found to be a mechanism involving phase boundary controlled reaction (E a: 189–201 kJ mol−1) except that phenyl-s-triazine-rich copolymers exhibit a mechanism involving three-dimensional diffusion (E a: 196–225 kJ mol−1) in terms of Coats–Redfern method. The phenyl-s-triazine-rich copolymers display much higher E a and slighter mechanical property-change compared to sulfone-rich copolymers and generic aromatic polyether sulfone, suggesting strong stabilizing effect of the phenyl-s-triazine moieties.

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This work is financially supported by the freedom explore Program of Central South University and by the State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals (KF1015).

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    Guipeng Yu & Bing Li

  2. State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116012, China

    Guipeng Yu, Cheng Liu, Liwei Wang, Jinyan Wang & Xigao Jian

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Yu, G., Liu, C., Li, B. et al. Effects of phenyl-s-triazine moieties on thermal stability and degradation behavior of aromatic polyether sulfones. J Polym Res 19, 9829 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-012-9829-1

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