{"title":"Impact of antioxidant purity on Arvin degradation products in polypropylene","authors":"Jérôme Vachon, Patrick Voets","doi":"10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111429","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Migration tests in ethanol (10 days, 60 °C) were performed on polypropylene injection molded plaques to study the influence of extrusion temperature and purity of antioxidant AO1010 on the presence of Arvin degradation products. Five AO1010 from five different suppliers showing different initial amount of Arvin 9 and 10 were used. A good correlation of the initial amount of Arvin 9 present in AO1010 and the amount migrated in ethanol was observed. For Arvin 8, not only Arvin 10 can be a precursor, but potentially also Arvin 9 as indicated by the good correlation between the sum of Arvin 9 and 10 initially present in the AO with the amount of Arvin 8 and 9 detected in ethanol. This study thus indicates that the most important factor determining the Arvin degradation products content is the purity of AO1010 in terms of residual amount of Arvin 9 and Arvin 10 in this antioxidant, while the effect of extrusion temperature was not seen.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":406,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Degradation and Stability","volume":"240 ","pages":"Article 111429"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Polymer Degradation and Stability","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141391025002587","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"POLYMER SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Migration tests in ethanol (10 days, 60 °C) were performed on polypropylene injection molded plaques to study the influence of extrusion temperature and purity of antioxidant AO1010 on the presence of Arvin degradation products. Five AO1010 from five different suppliers showing different initial amount of Arvin 9 and 10 were used. A good correlation of the initial amount of Arvin 9 present in AO1010 and the amount migrated in ethanol was observed. For Arvin 8, not only Arvin 10 can be a precursor, but potentially also Arvin 9 as indicated by the good correlation between the sum of Arvin 9 and 10 initially present in the AO with the amount of Arvin 8 and 9 detected in ethanol. This study thus indicates that the most important factor determining the Arvin degradation products content is the purity of AO1010 in terms of residual amount of Arvin 9 and Arvin 10 in this antioxidant, while the effect of extrusion temperature was not seen.
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Polymer Degradation and Stability deals with the degradation reactions and their control which are a major preoccupation of practitioners of the many and diverse aspects of modern polymer technology.
Deteriorative reactions occur during processing, when polymers are subjected to heat, oxygen and mechanical stress, and during the useful life of the materials when oxygen and sunlight are the most important degradative agencies. In more specialised applications, degradation may be induced by high energy radiation, ozone, atmospheric pollutants, mechanical stress, biological action, hydrolysis and many other influences. The mechanisms of these reactions and stabilisation processes must be understood if the technology and application of polymers are to continue to advance. The reporting of investigations of this kind is therefore a major function of this journal.
However there are also new developments in polymer technology in which degradation processes find positive applications. For example, photodegradable plastics are now available, the recycling of polymeric products will become increasingly important, degradation and combustion studies are involved in the definition of the fire hazards which are associated with polymeric materials and the microelectronics industry is vitally dependent upon polymer degradation in the manufacture of its circuitry. Polymer properties may also be improved by processes like curing and grafting, the chemistry of which can be closely related to that which causes physical deterioration in other circumstances.