General Classification of Chemiluminescence from Polymers

Polymer Form Zone 1 Zone II Zone III (kj/mol) Reference [34] 

Notes Cellulose (Whatman) PTMSP, poly(trimethyl silyl propine) PS, polystyrene PP, polypropylene PE, polyethylene PA 66, polyamide 66 PA 6, polyamide 6 PVP, poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) PPO, poly(2,6-dimetyl-l,4-phenylene oxide) PMMA, poly(methyl methacrylate) PETP, polyethylene terephthalate) Irganox 1010 is a Ciba anti-oxidant. 

Data for temperature coefficients (activation energies) given in Table 2 show one common phenomenon when plotting chemiluminescence intensity vs. temperature in Arrhenius coordinates, namely, that in the higher temperature range the activation energy is usually higher than at lower temperatures, which is 

Hydroperoxides are formed in each polymer containing aliphatic hydrocarbon chains on standing by various initiators, including light, heat, etc. This may be well detected by the non-isothermal chemiluminescence method in nitrogen. The analytical possibilities of this approach have not been fully utilized until recently [17], 

COMPARISON OF CHEMILUMINESCENCE FOR ISOTHERMAL AND NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS WITH THOSE OBTAINED BY DSC 

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