FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Thermal oxidation of poly(Dicyclopentadiene) – Decomposition of hydroperoxides BT AF Huang, Jing Minne, Wendy Drozdzak, Renata Recher, Gilles Le Gac, Pierre Yves Richaud, Emmanuel AS 1:1;2:2;3:2;4:2;5:3;6:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;6:; C1 Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, CNRS, CNAM, PIMM, HESAM Université, F-75013, Paris, France TELENE SAS, 2 rue Marie Curie, 2 Rue Marie Curie, 59910, Bondues, France IFREMER, Service Matériaux et Structures, Centre de Brest BP70, 29280, Plouzané, France C2 ARTS & METIERS PARISTECH, FRANCE TELENE SAS, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france IF 5.03 TC 12 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00609/72080/70798.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Polydicyclopentadiene;Thermal oxidation;Hydroperoxide decomposition;Polymerization catalysts AB Thin unstabilized PDCPD film were thermally oxidized in ovens at several temperatures ranging from 50 °C to 120 °C. Hydroperoxide concentration was monitored by DSC. It was observed that hydroperoxides concentration reaches a plateau with short induction times, for example around 8 h at 50 °C. This plateau occurs at very high concentration, around about 1 mol l−1 at 50 °C. In order to study both the chemical mechanisms and the kinetics of hydroperoxides decomposition, oxidized samples were thermally aged in an inert atmosphere to destroy hydroperoxides. For initially high concentrations corresponding to the “plateau”, it was shown that hydroperoxides decompose following a bimolecular process, the rate constant of which being calculated from the hydroperoxide depletion curves. The comparison of samples containing different polymerization catalyst amounts suggested the co-existence of an unimolecular process. This process mainly occurs at low hydroperoxides concentrations and slightly influences the overall oxidation process. PY 2020 PD APR SO Polymer Degradation And Stability SN 0141-3910 PU Elsevier BV VL 174 UT 000526109300015 DI 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109102 ID 72080 ER EF