Содержание двойных связей в полиэтилене

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The content of double bonds in high-pressure polyethylene of various brands obtained from Russian and foreign manufacturers was studied. The essence of the method was to build a calibration curve on an infrared Fourier spectrometer for standard substances with a previously known arrangement of the double bond, saturation of double bonds in the initial polyethylene using gaseous bromine, and subsequent assessment of the locations and number of double bonds in the studied brands of high pressure polyethylene. The calibration substances were trans-4-decene with a purity of 96%, 1-decene with a purity of 95%, and 2-methyl-1-heptene with a purity of 98%. To record infrared spectra, calibration substances were dissolved in carbon disulfide with a purity of 99.5%. The spectra of the calibration substances were recorded in the transmission mode. The recording of the spectra of the high-pressure polyethylene samples was carried out in the reflection mode. To calculate the molar adsorption coefficient of individual calibration substances, the areas of the peak absorption of individual substances were allocated. The Peak Separation NETZSCH software was used for this purpose. For all analyzed samples, both brominated and not brominated, the ratio of the areas of absorption peaks was calculated. For each sample of high-pressure polyethylene, the content of trans-vinylidene, vinyl, and vinylidene groups C=C per 1000 carbon atoms was determined. The total number of double bonds was calculated as the sum of all analyzed bonds contained in the polyethylene sample. The accuracy of the analysis method performed by a single laboratory on a single sample is ±10% of double bonds per 1000 carbon atoms. The technique allows one to evaluate such a characteristic of low density polyethylene as the content of double bonds. This characteristic is essential for the efficient development of crosslinkable polyethylene compounds.