Thermal stability of PVC formulations gamma irradiated at different dose rates
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Castaneda-Facio, A.
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Univ Autonoma Coahuila, Fac Ciencias Quim, Saltillo 25280, Coahuila, MexicoUniv Autonoma Coahuila, Fac Ciencias Quim, Saltillo 25280, Coahuila, Mexico
Castaneda-Facio, A.
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Benavides, R.
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Ctr Invest Quim Aplicada, Saltillo 25294, Coahuila, MexicoUniv Autonoma Coahuila, Fac Ciencias Quim, Saltillo 25280, Coahuila, Mexico
Benavides, R.
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Martinez-Pardo, M. E.
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Inst Nacl Invest Nucl, Mexico City 11801, DF, MexicoUniv Autonoma Coahuila, Fac Ciencias Quim, Saltillo 25280, Coahuila, Mexico
Martinez-Pardo, M. E.
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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) formulated with two different stabilizer systems (Ca/Zn stearates and dibasic lead phthalate) irradiated at 75 kGy at two different dose rates were studied in order to evaluate their effect in thermal stability. Samples were degraded in a TGA instrument at different heating rates and the activation energy (E-a) to dehydrochlorination was calculated using the Arrhenius method in accordance with ASTM E 1641-07. TGA evaluations show that temperature for HCl evolution is higher when increasing heating rate, as well as higher resistance to degradation, for irradiated lead formulations; however, after activation energies calculation the irradiated Ca/Zn formulations are more stable. The controversial results are due to the low initial stability of lead additives in PVC. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.