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• TITLE: The thermoanalytical, infrared and pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometric sifting of poly (methyl methacrylate) in the presence of phosphorus tribromide

  AUTHORS: Muhammad Arshad, Khalid Masud, Muhammad Arif, Saeed-ur Rehman, Jamshed H. Zaidi, Muhammad Arif, Aamer Saeed, Tariq Yasin

  KEYWORDS: PMMA; PBr3; Thermoanalytical Study; IR Spectroscopy; GC-MS Investigation

  JOURNAL NAME: Natural Science, Vol.2 No.4, May 7, 2010

  ABSTRACT: The behaviour of poly(methyl methacrylate) was examined in the presence of phosphorus tri-bromide (PBr3) with varying concentrations. Films were cast from common solvent and subjected to TG, DTA, DTG, IR and Py-GC-MS for evaluating the degradation routes. Despite early decomposition of the blends, certain tempera-ture zones were identified for stabilization of the system. New products were found and mecha-nisms of their formation were proposed. Pyro-lysis of the blends was also carried out at dif-ferent temperatures to ascertain the nature of interaction between the constituents of the system.