Nabeel A.  Bakr, Sabah A.  Salman, Salma S.  Abduallah, 
    Study of Thermal Decomposition and FTIR for PVA-AlCl<sub>3</sub> Composite Films,
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
    Volume 14,Issue 3,
    2019,
    Pages 717-724,
    ISSN 1816-949x,
    jeasci.2019.717.724,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.717.724)
    Abstract: 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.
    Keywords: Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA);aluminium chloride;thermal decomposition;FTIR;composites;TGA