Abstract:
The effect of temperature, ultrasonic and environment atmosphere on the stability of poly(pphenyl benzobisoxazole)(PBO) in strong protonic acid solutions, such as poly(phosphoric acid) (PPA) and methanesulfonic acid (MSA), was studied. Results show that in dark environment, PBO-MSA solution is sensitive to the temperature, whereas PBOPPA solution is stable even at high temperature. The degradation process of PBO on the MSA solution is consisted of two steps: first, the ohydroxy amide structure in the PBO molecule degrades; then, the benzoxazole ring openes and formes ohydroxy amide linkage structure, o-hydroxy amide linkage degrades subsequently. The degradation of PBO-MSA solution under ultrasonic belongs to stressinduced, which is consistent with the classic ultrasonic degradation mechanism. The results also show that PBO solution is stable under nitrogen, whereas the speed of photodegradation is fast when environment atmosphere is oxygen.