Abstract
AbstractVarious natural and synthetic melanins were studied by the pyrolysis/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry technique, using both resistive and Curie‐point heating. The results obtained by the two pyrolysis procedures are different and complementary. By means of Curie‐point pyrolysis, at long times and high temperatures low molecular weight gases are produced from various melanins; the yields of the common pyrolysis products are also dependent on the melanin under study. By resistive heating, higher molecular weight compounds are produced, mainly nitrogen and oxygen heterocyclic systems, and differences are still evident among the products from the different melanins.
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