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Jalal Arjmandi

Academic rank: Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Faculty of Chemistry and Petroleum Sciences
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Research

Title
Study on the Thermal Decomposition Kinetics and Calculation of Activation Energy of Degradation of Poly(o-toluidine) Using Thermogravimetric Analysis
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
POT; TGA; XRD; SEM.
Year
2018
Journal Iranian JournalL of Chemistry & ChemicalL Engineering-International English Edition
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Researchers Hajera Gul ، Anwar Ul Hag Ali Shah ، Salma Gul ، Jalal Arjmandi ، Salma Bilal

Abstract

Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) analysis was employed to investigate activation energy (Ea) for the process of degrading of poly(o-toluidine) (POT) applying Horwitz & Metzger, Coats & Redfern and Chan et al., methods. POT was synthesized by chemical oxidative polymerization method using Ammonium per Sulphate (APS) as an oxidant while Dodecylbenzene Sulphonic Acid (DBSA) and sulfuric acid as co-dopants. Different samples, synthesized by variations in the reactions parameters, were evaluated in order to choose the one with the highest activation energy of degradation. Additional characterization of the polymer was carried out through different techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), UltraViolet Visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis.