Abstract
The decompositions of aircraft-used polymethyl methacrylate are studied by means of thermogravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis. Four kinds of oxygen concentrations are used (5%, 10%, 15%, 21%) and heating rates used vary from 15°C/min to 30°C/min. Improved Coats-Redfern method is used to determine the kinetic parameters and Doyle method was used to calculate the decomposition data. The active energy and pre-exponential factor both increase when the oxygen concentration decreases. The active energy is in the range 100-108 kJ/mol and 87-92 kJ/mol at the two heating rates when oxygen concentration decreases, while the pre-exponential factor is in the range (7-35) × 106/s and (0.4-1) × 106/s. The simulation of weight loss process accords with the real weight loss process well.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 783-786 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Hangkong Xuebao/Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 6 |
State | Published - Nov 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aircraft-used polymethyl methacrylate
- Differential thermal analysis
- Improved Coats-Redfern method
- Kinetic study
- Thermogravemetric analysis