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William & Mary

1997

Polymer Science

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The Promotion Of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Depolymerization By Metal-Based Initiators, Jason Andrew Macko Jan 1997

The Promotion Of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Depolymerization By Metal-Based Initiators, Jason Andrew Macko

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Characterization Of Epoxy-Amine Systems And Nylon-11 And Pvdf Degradation, Wendy Raquel Mahler Jan 1997

Characterization Of Epoxy-Amine Systems And Nylon-11 And Pvdf Degradation, Wendy Raquel Mahler

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The Influence Of Microstructure On The Thermal Degradation Behavior Of Poly(Vinyl Chloride), Hoang Vi Tran Jan 1997

The Influence Of Microstructure On The Thermal Degradation Behavior Of Poly(Vinyl Chloride), Hoang Vi Tran

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The Synthesis, Characterization, And Molecular Modeling Of Cyclic Arylene Ether Oligomers, Sheeba Ahmed Jan 1997

The Synthesis, Characterization, And Molecular Modeling Of Cyclic Arylene Ether Oligomers, Sheeba Ahmed

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Cyclophanes are a family of bridged cyclic aromatic compounds that have found extensive applications in host-guest chemistry, molecular recognition, biomimetics and most recently as precursors in ring-opening polymerizations.;This research presents the synthesis of several novel cyclic arylene ether oligomers, based on 1,3-bis(4-fluorobenzoyl) benzene and 3,3{dollar}\sp\prime{dollar}-methylene diphenol and 3,3{dollar}\sp\prime{dollar}-(ethylene dioxy) diphenol, and their characterization by LC-MS/MS, 1-D {dollar}\sp1{dollar}H-NMR and x-ray crystallography. Electrospray ionization (ES) along with MS/MS was used to characterize cyclic oligomers of molecular weight up to 1600 Da. The thermal properties of these cyclic oligomers were studied by differential scanning calorimetery (DSC) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA).;These cyclic oligomers …


The Thermal Cure Of Phenylethynyl-Terminated Polyimides And Selected Model Compounds, Karen H. Wood Jan 1997

The Thermal Cure Of Phenylethynyl-Terminated Polyimides And Selected Model Compounds, Karen H. Wood

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The ability to process high performance polymers into useful adhesives and high quality composites has been significantly advanced by synthetic techniques in which oligomers terminated with reactive groups cure or crosslink at elevated temperature after the article has been fabricated. Several matrix resin systems of considerable interest to the aerospace community utilize phenylethynyl terminated imide (PETI) technology developed at the Langley Research Center to achieve this advantage. This work addresses the cure chemistry of PETI oligomers.;The thermal cure of selected oligomers and model compounds was studied using a variety of analytical techniques including differential scanning calorimetry, high pressure liquid chromatography, …