Hossain, Umme Habiba ; Seidl, Tim ; Ensinger, Wolfgang (2014):
Combined in situ infrared and mass spectrometric analysis of high-energy heavy ion induced degradation of polyvinyl polymers.
In: Polymer Chemistry, 5 (3), pp. 1001-1012. Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing, [Article]
Abstract
Degradation of polyvinyl polymers (polyvinyl formal, polyvinyl alcohol, and polyvinyl acetate) by high-energy heavy ions was analysed with in situ mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy. Both at room temperature and at cryogenic temperature, the polymers are severely damaged by scission of side chains and the polymer backbone, releasing a large number of molecular fragments. Correlation of structural analysis of the damaged polymer and mass analysis of its volatile fragments gives plausible reaction mechanisms for the ion induced degradation. These are compared to thermal degradation. The differences found between the two degradation processes are due to the non-equilibrium character of the ion based process with its high electronic excitation and ionisation. The results are of practical relevance for applications of the polymers in devices of particle accelerators and space vehicles.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Erschienen: | 2014 |
| Creators: | Hossain, Umme Habiba ; Seidl, Tim ; Ensinger, Wolfgang |
| Title: | Combined in situ infrared and mass spectrometric analysis of high-energy heavy ion induced degradation of polyvinyl polymers |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Degradation of polyvinyl polymers (polyvinyl formal, polyvinyl alcohol, and polyvinyl acetate) by high-energy heavy ions was analysed with in situ mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy. Both at room temperature and at cryogenic temperature, the polymers are severely damaged by scission of side chains and the polymer backbone, releasing a large number of molecular fragments. Correlation of structural analysis of the damaged polymer and mass analysis of its volatile fragments gives plausible reaction mechanisms for the ion induced degradation. These are compared to thermal degradation. The differences found between the two degradation processes are due to the non-equilibrium character of the ion based process with its high electronic excitation and ionisation. The results are of practical relevance for applications of the polymers in devices of particle accelerators and space vehicles. |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Polymer Chemistry |
| Volume of the journal: | 5 |
| Issue Number: | 3 |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing |
| Divisions: | 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Material Science > Material Analytics 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Material Science 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2014 11:11 |
| URL / URN: | http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/py/c3py01... |
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| Funders: | This work was supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany, under Project no. 05P09RDRB0 (PT-DESY). |
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