Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.66, No.11, 2149-2156, 1997
Stabilization of Thermal-Degradation of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) by Polysulfide Polymers
The thermal degradation of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) in the presence of polysulfide polymers, namely, poly( styrene disulfide) (PSD) and poly(styrene tetrasulfide) (PST) was studied using thermogravimetry (TG) and direct pyrolysis-mass spectrometric (DP-MS) analysis. Both PSD and PST were found to stabilizethe PMMA degradation, which was explained by both radical recombination and a chain-transfer mechanism.