Aniline polyphosphazene was successfully prepared through the following three steps, which were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and 31P-NMR. The first step was the synthesis of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene through the reaction of phosphorus pentachloride and ammonium chloride; the second step was the preparation of polyphosphazene by thermally initiated ring-opening polymerization of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene; the third step was the preparation of aniline polyphosphazene by the reaction of aniline and polyphosphazene. The results of Thermogravimetry-Mass Spectrograph (TG-MS). under pure argon atmosphere indicated aniline polyphosphazene began to decompose at about 280°C and had a char yield of 41% at 920°C; some of the side chains first break from its main chain with the release of aniline from 280°C and some break at about 500°C with the release of benzene groups; finally the main chain of aniline polyphosphazene and the fragments of C6H6 or C6H5-NH2 began to break at 800°C with the release of CN−, N2 and C2H4.
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