Radical formation in polydimethylsiloxanes and polydimethyldiphenylsiloxanes studied by the ESR spintrap technique

H. Menhofer, H. Heusinger

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Abstract

The radicals formed by gamma -irradiation of solid polydimethylsiloxanes and polydimethylsiloxanes containing 20 mol% diphenylsiloxane units were investigated by the spintrap technique using 2,4,6-tri-t-butylnitrosobenzene (BNB). After irradiation in vacuum at 77 or 293 K the spin adducts of the radicals could be identified. In the polydimethylsiloxanes containing diphenylsiloxane units no spin adducts originating from radicals at the phenyl group were detected.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-251
Number of pages9
JournalRadiation Physics and Chemistry
Volume29
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1987

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