TY  - JOUR
T1  - Study of Thermal Decomposition and FTIR for PVA-AlCl<sub>3</sub> Composite Films
AU - Bakr, Nabeel A. AU - Salman, Sabah A. AU - Abduallah, Salma S. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
SP  - 717
EP  - 724
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.717.724
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.717.724
KW  - Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA)
KW  -aluminium chloride
KW  -thermal decomposition
KW  -FTIR
KW  -composites
KW  -TGA
AB  - Pure and (AlCl<sub>3</sub>.6H<sub>2</sub>O) salt filled (with different weight ratios (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15) wt.%) Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) films have been prepared using casting method. The influence of (AlCl<sub>3</sub>.6H<sub>2</sub>O) salt
on some thermal properties of PVA films was studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The
interaction between (PVA) and (AlCl<sub>3</sub>.6H<sub>2</sub>O) salt was investigated by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) 3 2
spectroscopy. The results of TGA curves showed that pure (PVA) film underwent two stages of thermal
decomposition process and total weight loss was (100%) whereas the (AlCl<sub>3</sub>.6H<sub>2</sub>O) salt filled (PVA) films showed two and three stages of thermal decomposition process with lower total weight loss compared with
pure (PVA) film. Moreover, the results of (FTIR) indicated that (AlCl<sub>3</sub>.6H<sub>2</sub>O) salt could form interaction with the 
hydroxyl group on PVA chain.
ER  -