Effect of Montmorillonite Addition on The Thermal Resistance Properties of Polyvinyl Acetate

Muchammad Izzuddin Jundullah Hanafi (Kimia, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya)

Jurnal Sains dan Seni ITS
Vol 5, No 1 (2016)

PVAc emulsion polymerizations from PVA and VAMthrough semibatch method have been studied. Thepolymerization used DMSO as solvent with montmorillonitefiller of 1%, 2%, and 3% addition. The results of analysisusing FTIR spectorcopy show that industrial, solvent basedPVAc has similar functional group with the PVAc synthesized.Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) characterization showsthat industrial, solvent based PVAc has the best thermaldecomposition than the other PVAc synthesized, which is76,16% at temperature of 280-380°C and 22,37% attemperature of 400-500°C.