SYNTHESIS, THERMAL STUDIES AND CONVERSION DEGREE OF DIMETHACRYLATE POLYMERS USING NEW NON-TOXIC COINITIATORS

The aim of this paper is to replace toxic coinitiators (tertiary amines) by non-toxic compounds such as glycerol and inositol (polyalcohol) in dimethacrylate resins. For this purpose, mid infrared spectroscopy (MIR) was used to calculate the monomers' degree of conversion (%DC); as well as simultaneous Thermogravimetric Analysis – Differential Thermal Analysis (TGA-DTA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) were conducted to evaluate thermal stability, degradation steps, and thermal events. The use of different initiator systems did not modify the thermal events or the thermal stability of each of the dimethacrylate resins. Results show a substitution of system 2 (toxicity) by system 3 (low toxicity), which had a good conversion velocity and total conversion in some monomers, is plausible.

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Main Authors:	Alarcon,Rafael Turra, Holanda,Bruno Barreto da Cunha, Rinaldo,Daniel, Caires,Flávio Junior, Almeida,Marcos Vinícius de, Bannach,Gilbert
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2017
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422017000400363
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