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Thermal Behaviour of Glycidyl Methacrylate Homopolymers and Copolymers

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The paper describes the effect of molecular mass and copolymer composition on thermal behaviour of homopolymers and copolymers of glycidyl methacrylate and methyl methacrylate. The polymerisation was done by using group transfer polymerization (GTP) and free radical techniques. A multistep decomposition was observed in polymers prepared by free radical technique indicating the presence of weak linkages in the backbone. Copolymers prepared by GTP had fewer weak sites and degraded in single step by a random chain scission.

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  1. Center for Polymer Science & Eng., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110 016, India

    N. R Ananthalakshmi & I. K. Varma

  2. Division of Polymer Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411 008, India

    P. P Wadgaonkar & S. Sivaram

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Ananthalakshmi, N.R., Wadgaonkar, P.P., Sivaram, S. et al. Thermal Behaviour of Glycidyl Methacrylate Homopolymers and Copolymers. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 58, 533–539 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010136007653

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