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Title:	The thermal degradation of polyvinyl alcohol
Author:	Ortiz, Carlos Eduardo
View Online:	njit-etd1974-029 ([vi], 34, [24] pages ~ 2.8 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Dauerman, Leonard (Committee chair) Perlmutter, Howard David (Committee member) Kimmel, Howard S. (Committee member)
Date:	1974-06
Keywords:	Alcohols
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	The thermal degradation of polyvinyl alcohol has been investigated using mass spectrometry, differential thermal analysis, and infrared spectroscopy unlike previous investigators, formaldehyde and acrolein were not observed volatiles. In addition, acetic acid was observed, a product not reported previously.