A kinetic model for thermal degradation in polymers with specific application to proteins
We present a novel method for calculating degradation kinetics in polymers. Our calculations directly use the dissociation energy of chemical bonds in a polymer chain to predict weight loss as a function of time and temperature in an Arrhenius-type activation function. The novelty lies in quantifyin...
Main Authors: | Porter, D, Vollrath, F, Tian, K, Chen, X, Shao, Z |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2009
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