Thermal degradation of polyethylene oxide blended with novolac type phenolic resin

Author: Wang F-Y.   Ma C-C.M.   Wu W-J.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0022-2461

Source: Journal of Materials Science, Vol.36, Iss.4, 2001-02, pp. : 943-947

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Abstract

The miscibility and thermal degradation of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) toughened novolac type phenolic resin were investigated. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results confirmed that phenolic resin/PEO blend was blended completely. Infrared spectra show that hydrogen bonding existed in the blends. Thermal degradation of poly(ethylene oxide) blended with novolac type phenolic resin has been studied utilizing a dynamic thermogravimetric technique in a flowing nitrogen atmosphere at several heating rates (i.e. 5, 10, 20, 40°C/min). Thermal degradation of phenolic resin/PEO blends takes place in multiple steps. Chemical structure and components of blends affected thermal degradation, which coincided with the data from thermal degradation of novolac type phenolic resin/PEO blends by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).