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Poly(Phenylene Sulfide)

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Advances in Polymer Synthesis

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Commercial production of Ryton®, the engineering plastic poly(phenylene sulfide) or (PPS), began in 1973 by Phillips Petroleum Company. Phillips used the process disclosed in 1967 by Edmonds and Hill,1 i.e., the reaction of 1,4-dichlorobenzene with sodium sulfide in a polar organic solvent to produce PPS. This was the first practical preparation of PPS of sufficiently high molecular weight to be useable. The patent literature is now voluminous. An excellent comprehensive review article on the properties, fabrication, and uses of PPS was published by Hill and Brady.2 This paper is a brief overview of the preparation and properties of PPS and is not intended to be a comprehensive review.

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  1. Research and Development, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74003, USA

    James W. Cleary

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    James E. McGrath

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Cleary, J.W. (1985). Poly(Phenylene Sulfide). In: Culbertson, B.M., McGrath, J.E. (eds) Advances in Polymer Synthesis. Polymer Science and Technology, vol 31. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2121-7_8

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