Research Article
Preparation, Characterization, and Thermal Degradation Studies of p-Nitrophenol-Based Copolymer
Table 3
Thermal degradation behavior of p-NP-4,4′-MDA-F copolymer.
| | Decomposition steps | Temp. range (°C) | Wt. loss (%) | Half decomposition
temperature (°C) |
Species degraded | | Found | Calc. |
| | (1) | 90–130 | 3.48 | 3.39 | | H2O molecule | | (2) | 130–270 | 27.30 | 27.16 | 255 | two (–OH) and two (–NO2) groups | | (3) | 270–600 | 61.64 | 61.13 | | Two side benzene rings with methylene groups |
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