FEVICOL

Fevicol from the general appearance and smell looks like its is a compound of EVA Ethelene
Vinyl Acetate along with some extenders, these offer excellent bonding properties and cure to a
film which is peelable.

The important property is that the adhesive has a porperty of whetting the substrate and hence it
is excellent for porous substrates like wood.

Effect of Metal Oxides on Thermal

Degradation of Poly(vinyl acetate) and
Poly(vinyl chloride) and Their Blends
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G. Sivalingam, R. Karthik, and Giridhar Madras*

Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12, India
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2003, 42 (16), pp 3647–3653
DOI: 10.1021/ie030009k
Publication Date (Web): July 12, 2003
Copyright © 2003 American Chemical Society

Abstract
The role of metal oxides on the thermal decomposition of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and
poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAC) and their blends was investigated by thermogravimetry (TGA).
While the degradation of PVAC was mildly affected by the presence of metal oxides, the
degradation of PVC was greatly influenced by metal oxides. Both polymers followed a two-step
degradation mechanism involving chlorine or acetate radical removal followed by polyolefinic
backbone breakage. The isokinetic temperatures and rate determined from the compensation
plots indicated that the mode of olefinic backbone breakage is the same for both the polymers.
FTIR studies after the first stage showed the disappearance of the C−Cl of PVC and C O and
C−O groups of PVAC, suggesting the formation of a polyolefinic chain. Blends of PVC−PVAC
were obtained by solution blending by dissolving the polymers in tetrahydrofuran. Scanning
electron microscopy and TGA showed complete miscibility of polymers in the blend. The first-
stage degradation of the blend was greatly influenced by the presence of PVC and metal oxides,
suggesting that hydrogen chloride liberated from PVC influenced the decomposition behavior of
PVAC. The second-stage degradation (olefinic breakage) of the blends was mildly affected by
the metal oxides and the breakage was similar to that of pure polymers.