Reproducibility of the pyrolysis—gas chromatography of the cis-1,4-polyisoprenes NR and IR : Influence of the chromatographic separation

Abstract

Good reproducibility of the pyrolysis—gas chromatography of vulcanized rubbers is difficult because of their insolubility, the presence of additives and the complexity of the pyrograms. With cis-1,4-polyisoprenes, the quantitative results are considerably improved by using a high-resolution glass capillary column instead of a packed column. The relative standard deviation is about 1% for the main peaks and is still less than 5% for several small peaks.