Kishore, K. ; Pai Verneker, V. R. ; Gayathri, V. (1980) Kinetic studies on thermal decomposition of polystyrene peroxide Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 1 (4). pp. 315-322. ISSN 0165-2370
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Abstract
Polystyrene peroxide has been synthesized and its decomposition has been studied by thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis. Polystyrene peroxide has been found to decompose exothermically at about 110°C. The activation energy for the decomposition was estimated to be 30 kcal/mole both by the Jacobs and Kureishy method and by fitting the a versus time curves to the first-order kinetic equation. This suggests that the rate-controlling step in the decomposition of polystyrene peroxide is cleavage of the O---O bond.
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