Heats of Combustion of High-Temperature Polymers

The heats of combustion for 47 commercial and developmental polymers of known chemical structure were determined using an oxygen bomb calorimeter according to standard methods. The experimental results were compared to thermochemical calculations of the gross heat of combustion from (1) oxygen consumption and (2) group additivity of the hats of formation of products and reactants. The polymers examined were thermally stable, char-forming thermoplastics and thermoset resins containing a significant degree of aromaticity and heteroatoms including nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, silicon, and oxygen in linear and heterocyclic structures. The gross heats of combustion calculated from polymer enthalpies of formation and oxygen consumption thermochemistry were within 4 and 5 percent, respectively, of the experimental values from oxygen bomb calorimetry.

• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/21000/21200/21225/PB99105835.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  William J. Hughes Technical Center, Airport Technology Research and Development Branch
  Atlantic City International Airport
  Atlantic City, NJ  United States  08405

  Galaxy Scientific Corporation

  2500 English Creek Avenue, Building 11
  Egg Harbor, NJ  United States  08234-5562
• Authors:
  • Lyon, Richard E
  • Hackett, Stacey M
  • Walters, Richard N
• Publication Date: 1998-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 22p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Combustion; Fire; Fire resistant materials; Heat; Heat convection; Ignition; Oxygen; Polymers; Thermochemistry; Thermoplastic materials
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01103311
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/FAA/AR-TN97/8
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 24 2008 7:47AM