THERMAL DEGRADATION OF POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE AND POLYVINYL FLUORIDE BY OVEN PYROLYSIS

Abstract

The military has a definite and pressing need to develop materials to protect personnel and equipment against the thermal effects of a nuclear weapon detonation. The thermal behavior of polymers which appear to have capabilities for attenuating such energy is therefore of interest. The report presents the results of a study made on the thermal degradation products obtained from the two fluoropolymers, polyvinylidene fluoride and polyvinyl fluoride, by oven pyrolysis. It describes the separation of the thermal degradation products of the polymers into fractions, and reports the elemental analyses of these fractions, and the identification of as many constituents of these fractions as was feasible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0672509

Entities

People

  • John T. Stapler
  • William E. Yelland
  • William J. Barnes

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Chromatographs
  • Chromatography
  • Complex Mixtures
  • Fluorinated Hydrocarbons
  • Fluorine
  • Fluoropolymers
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Organic Materials
  • Physical Properties
  • Polymers

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  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design