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Edjane F. B. Silva Laboratory of Catalysis and Petrochemitry, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59078-970, Natal, RN, Brazil

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Marcílio P. Ribeiro Laboratory of Catalysis and Petrochemitry, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59078-970, Natal, RN, Brazil

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Luzia P. F. C. Galvão Laboratory of Catalysis and Petrochemitry, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59078-970, Natal, RN, Brazil

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Valter J. Fernandes Laboratory of Catalysis and Petrochemitry, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 59078-970, Natal, RN, Brazil

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Abstract

Degradation of low density polyethylene (LDPE) was studied for the pure polymer and mixed with silicoaluminophosphate SAPO-11 catalyst. SAPO-11 was synthesized by hydrothermal method using di-isoprolpylamine as structure template, and characterized by XRD and SEM. From X-ray diffraction, it was observed that SAPO-11 was obtained with high crystallinity. Using the model-free kinetics, proposed by Vyazovkin, the activation energies were determined for the process of polymer degradation. It was found that the degradation process of 90% of LDPE mixed with SAPO-11 over a period of 1 h, occurred at a temperature of 378 °C, while for the pure LDPE, the temperature was increased to 434 °C in the same period of time and conversion, indicating that SAPO-11 was an effective catalyst for the degradation of LDPE. The activation energy for the degradation of pure LDPE was equivalent to 251 kJ mol−1. Also, when the SAPO-11 was mixed with the polymer, this value was decreased to 243 kJ mol−1.

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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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