Characterisation methods inorganic polymers

This chapter initially provides an overview of the considerations associated with the synthesis of inorganic polymers and the reasons why inorganic rings are so important as polymer precursors. The methods commonly used to characterise polymers are then discussed. As in Chapter 3, which describes the techniques used for the characterisation of inorganic rings, this section focuses on utility rather than on theoretical and practical details of the different methods. The reader is referred to a variety of texts for further details about these polymer structural characterisation techniques. ... 

FAB-MS has been used for the analysis of lubricant additives, thermally labile or involatile organic compounds, such as macromolecules and dyes, and inorganic compounds. Cationic dyes and dye intermediates, which are typically acid salts, readily yield preformed ions in the FAB matrix solution. They are also very difficult to address by other MS ionisation methods due to their involatility. Lay and Chang [85] used positive ion FAB to characterise a mixture of amine and ketimine cross-linking agents for polymer coatings. Bentz et al. 

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