Polychlorotri fluoroethylene

The high thermal stability of the carbon-fluorine bond has led to considerable interest in fluorine-containing polymers as heat-resistant plastics and rubbers. The first patents, taken out by IG Farben in 1934, related to polychlorotri-fluoroethylene (PCTFE) (Figure 13.1 (a)), these materials being subsequently manufactured in Germany and the United States. PCTFE has been of limited application and it was the discovery of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (Figure... 

Rate of spherulitic crystallization with chain folds in polychlorotri-fluoroethylene. J. Chem. Phys. 37, 1723 — 1741 (1962). 

Matsuo, H. Measurement of the degree of crystallinity of polychlorotri-fluoroethylene by infrared method. J. polymer Sd. 25, 234—237 (1957). 

Lithiated polystyrene reacts readily with halogen-bearing polymers like polychlorotri-fluoroethylene. This can be utilized in the formation of graft copolymers. The reactions can be conducted in solutions as well as in preparations of surface grafts on films." ... 

Chlorofluorocarbon resin n. Any resin made by the polymerization of monomer(s) containing only carbon, chlorine, and fluorine. The principal member is polychlorotri-fluoroethylene (pctfe). 

PCTFE n. Poly(trifluorochloroethylene) fiber. See polychlorotri-fluoroethylene. 

Solvent Polyethylene Poly(vinylidene chloride) Polychlorotri- fluoroethylene Polystyrene Polypropylene... 

The resistance of poly (vinylidene fluoride) to solvents and chemicals is generally good but inferior to that of polytetrafluoroethylene and polychlorotri-fluoroethylene. Some highly polar solvents such as dimethylacetamide dissolve the polymer at elevated temperature whilst organic amines cause discoloration and embrittlement. Fuming sulphuric acid leads to sulphonation. 

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