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Decomposition of MEKP

harinis - 29-10-2004 at 03:33

Could any one tell me wat is the decomposition product of methylethyl ketone peroxide and acetyl acetone peroxide by thermolytic cleavage.I am looking into the application of these peroxides in UPR curing.Kindly help me.

chemoleo - 29-10-2004 at 11:45

I am not sure I understand your question.
You are wondering how MEKP or acetylacetonperoxide reacts with a resin, and what sort of end products are formed (after polymerisation has completed)?
Well, there are numerous possibilities in the case of MEKP, i.e. the oxygen radical (there are potentially 4, but at least 2 radical oxygens per molecule MEKP) from each methylethylketone reacts with the polymer, or it forms the ketone etc etc. Ultimately you will have a mixture of things.