Enhancement of the thermo-oxidative degradability of polystyrene by chemical mo...

• Author(s): Botelho, Gabriela ; Queirós, Arlete ; Machado, A. V. ; Frangiosa, Paulo ; Ferreira, José
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/1811
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Polystyrene; Thermooxidative degradation; Chemical modification
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

A comparative study, conducted into the thermooxidative degradation of polystyrene (PS) and PS modified by insertion of CH2(C=O)CH2CH2 units (MPS), showed that the degradability of PS was enhanced.