Journal of fluorine chemistry

Thermal decomposition of low-molecular weight perfluoroalkylethers

KC Eapen, LS Chen, GJ Chen

Index: Eapen, Kalathil C.; Chen, Loomis S.; Chen, Grace J. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1997 , vol. 81, # 2 p. 143 - 151

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Abstract

Seven low-molecular weight perfluoroalkylethers have been subjected to thermal degradation using a flow pyrolyzer attached to a gas Chromatograph, and the results are compared with thermal decomposition of two perfluoroalkanes. Both linear and branched ethers were studied. The major degradation products from the ethers were identified by GC/MS. Products due to specific CO bond fission were detected from only two of the ...