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Polyolefins: From Thermal and Oxidative Degradation to Ignition and Burning

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It has been shown that thermal oxidation and ignition of polyolefins have many mechanistic aspects in common. The essential difference between these two phenomena consists in the mechanism of oxygen  with alkyl radicals that is addition reaction in thermal oxidation and disproportionation in ignition.

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This publication is the result of the project implementation: Centre for materials, layers and systems for applications and chemical processes under extreme conditions. Part II supported by the Research and Development Operational Programme funded by the ERDF. The acknowledgements are also due to Grant Agency VEGA 2/0147/12, VEGA 2/0161/14, VEGA 2/0122/15 and to HUSK programme 1101/1.2.1/0209, Advanced bio-friendly polymers.

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Rychlý, J., Rychlá, L. (2016). Polyolefins: From Thermal and Oxidative Degradation to Ignition and Burning. In: Al-Ali AlMa'adeed, M., Krupa, I. (eds) Polyolefin Compounds and Materials. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25982-6_12

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