| Abstract: | The rates of dehydrochlorination of commercial poly (vinyl chlorides) and the distribution of the lengths of the resulting polyene sequences may vary widely depending on the origin of the polymer. – In the presence of diphenyllead dichloride the rate of dehydrochlorination is increased, while the resulting discoloration is less intense compared to that of pure poly (vinyl chloride) because of a shift of the polyene sequence lengths distribution. Genuine stabilizers, on the other hand, effect retardation in dehydrochlorination as well as a shift of the sequence lengths distribution towards shorter polyene sequences. The causes for this behavior of admixed stabilizers using lead and cadmium octoate as examples as well as of internally stabilized PVC are discussed. |
