title: The individual and cumulative effect of brominated flame retardant and polyvinylchloride (PVC) on thermal degradation of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymer.
abstract: Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers without and with a polybrominated epoxy type flame retardant were thermally degraded at 450 degrees C alone (10 g) and mixed with polyvinylchloride (PVC) (8 g/2 g). Gaseous and liquid products of degradation were analysed by various gas chromatographic methods (GC with TCD, FID, AED, MSD) in order to determine the individual and cumulative effect of bromine and chlorine on the quality and quantity of degradation compounds. It was found that nitrogen, chlorine, bromine and oxygen are present as organic compounds in liquid products, their quantity depends on the pyrolysed polymer or polymer mixture. Bromophenol and dibromophenols were the main brominated compounds that come from the flame retardant. 1-Chloroethylbenzene was the main chlorine compound observed in liquid products. It was also determined that interactions appear at high temperatures during decomposition between the flame retardant, PVC and the ABS copolymer.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima Naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
authors.forename: Mihai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brebu
authors.forename: Thallada
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhaskar
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muto
authors.forename: Yusaku
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Md Azhar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Uddin
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D001966:Bromine / Q000032:analysis; D002070:Butadienes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002713:Chlorine / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D005411:Flame Retardants; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D002070:Butadienes; D005411:Flame Retardants; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; D011137:Polystyrenes; D002713:Chlorine; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride; C024636:ABS resin; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen; D001966:Bromine