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Thermal degradation kinetics of poly(trimethylol propane triacrylate)/poly(hexane diol diacrylate) interpenetrating polymer network

Goswami, Ankur and Srivastava, Geetika and Umarji, AM and Madras, Giridhar (2012) Thermal degradation kinetics of poly(trimethylol propane triacrylate)/poly(hexane diol diacrylate) interpenetrating polymer network. In: Thermochimica Acta, 547 . pp. 53-61.

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Abstract

Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) of trimethylol propane triacrylate (TMPTA) and 1,6-hexane diol diacrylate (HDDA) at different weight ratios were synthesized. Temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC) was used to determine whether the formation resulted in a copolymer or interpenetrating polymer network (IPN). These polymers are used as binders for microstereolithography (MSL) based ceramic microfabrication. The kinetics of thermal degradation of these polymers are important to optimize the debinding process for fabricating 3D shaped ceramic objects by MSL based rapid prototyping technique. Therefore, thermal and thermo-oxidative degradation of these IPNs have been studied by dynamic and isothermal thermogravimetry (TGA). Non-isothermal model-free kinetic methods have been adopted (isoconversional differential and KAS) to calculate the apparent activation energy (E a) as a function of conversion (α) in N 2 and air. The degradation of these polymers in N 2 atmosphere occurs via two mechanisms. Chain end scission plays a dominant role at lower temperature while the kinetics is governed by random chain scission at higher temperature. Oxidative degradation shows multiple degradation steps having higher activation energy than in N 2. Isothermal degradation was also carried out to predict the reaction model which is found to be decelerating. It was shown that the degradation of PTMPTA follows a contracting sphere reaction model in N 2. However, as the HDDA content increases in the IPNs, the degradation reaction follows Avrami-Erofeev model and diffusion governed mechanisms. The intermediate IPN compositions show both type of mechanism. Based on the above study, debinding strategy for MSL based microfabricated ceramic structure has been proposed. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Thermochimica Acta
Publisher: Elsevier
Additional Information: Copyright for this article belongs to Elsevier Science
Keywords: Thermogravimetric analysis; Kinetic parameters; Interpenetrating polymer network; Degradation; Model-free method; Microstereolithography
Department/Centre: Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Division of Mechanical Sciences > Chemical Engineering
Date Deposited: 18 Dec 2012 11:22
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2012 11:22
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/45024

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