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Nonisothermal kinetics and thermodynamics of solid-state decomposition of polyacrylamide/ferrite nanocomposites
(G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2017-08) Arya, Meenakshi; Zaidi, M.G.H.
The present research work deals with investigation of nonisothermal kinetics and thermodynamics of solid state decomposition of selected polyacrylamide derivatives and their polymer nanocomposites (PNCs).The PNCs investigated for this purpose were those containing ferrite nanoparticle (FNPs) with two different sizes (nm) viz; 10.5 and 21.5.Thermal characteristics of FNPs, homopolymers and respective PNCs was investigated through simultaneous thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis-differential thermogravimetry (TG-DTA-DTG) in air. Data obtained from TGA were used to investigate kinetics of thermal decomposition process by applying Coats –Redfern (CR) and Horowitz Metzger (HM) methods. TG data reveals that the thermal stability of FNPs was regulated with size. In general, FNP-I with small size (10.50 nm) was more stable over FNP-II (21.15 nm). PNIPAM has shown highest thermal stability, followed by PDMAEMA and PAEMA. In general, HM methods have shown higher values of activation energy over CR method. Both the methods have provided a wide difference for Ea and A but identical results for entropy change and enthalpy change for most of the thermal degradation processes.