Kinetics of Thermal Degradation of Recycled Polyvinyl Chloride Resin

Abstract

The goal of this study is to find the effect of time and temperature on the thermal degradation of recycled polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin. The isothermal rate of reaction (r) of recycled PVC resin was investigated at the following temperatures to: 100, 110, 120, 130, and 140°C at period of times ranging from 10 to 50 min. The result shows that the rate of reaction (r) of recycled PVC increases with increasing temperatures. The reaction rate constant (K) for temperatures ranging from 100 to 140°C was doubled from 0.028–0.056 mol·L−1·S−1. The process was found to be zero order reaction at all range of temperatures 100–140°C. The activation energy of the thermal weight loss was calculated at different temperatures (E/R = 2739.5°K). The average enthalpy and entropy of reaction at temperature of 298°K were determined.