Mechanism of radiation-induced degradation of bisphenol-A polycarbonate

We report here a new approach to study the mechanism ofradiation-induced degradation of polymeric materials based on thecombined analysis of radiolytic gases, and pyrolytic products frompreirradiated polymers by flash pyrolysis coupled to gas chromatography—Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy—...

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Autores: Rafael Navarro González, Roustam Aliev
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:47545407
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=47545407
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Química
GC
MS
FTIR
radiolysis
Polycarbonate
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Sumario:We report here a new approach to study the mechanism ofradiation-induced degradation of polymeric materials based on thecombined analysis of radiolytic gases, and pyrolytic products frompreirradiated polymers by flash pyrolysis coupled to gas chromatography—Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy— mass spectrometrywith electron impact mode (GC-FTIR-MS). Bisphenol-Apolycarbonate (PC) was studied in the dose range from 0.125 to 1.0MGy. PC irradiation was accompanied by the preferential release ofcarbon monoxide followed by minor production of hydrogen, carbondioxide and methane. Pyrolyzed PC releases mainly carbon dioxide,methane, benzene, toluene, phenol and 4-methyl-phenol. On the basisof these results we suggest two main pathways of PC radiationinducedscission with equal probabilities: (a) carbonate bond and (b)aliphatic-aromatic bond ruptures.