화학공학소재연구정보센터
Polymer, Vol.42, No.13, 5625-5632, 2001
Resonance Raman spectroscopic investigation of the mechanism and kinetics of the degradation of N,N-hexamethylene bishexamide, a Nylon 6,6 model compound
We report a mechanistic study of the photo-oxidative degradation of N,N-hexamethylene bishexamide, a Nylon 6,6 model compound. Resonant Raman intensities of the amide and its previously identified enal degradation product art: recorded as a function of the duration of the irradiation of the amide with 266 nm laser pulses. The time dependences of the Raman intensities an consistent with those predicted by a kinetic mechanism for photo-oxidation. In particular, the rate of formation of the enal, probed by monitoring the Raman intensity of its C=O stretch peak at 1680 cm(-1), agrees well with the rate of cleavage of the C-N bond in the amide, revealed by the time dependence of the intensity of the Am II (C-N stretch) vibration at 1537 cm(-1). Rate constants for important steps in the degradation mechanism are obtained from the analysis.