Features of Thermal Degradation of Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene

The features of chlorosulfonated polyethylene thermolysis were studied and it was found that free radicals formed after the simultaneous homolytic cleavage of carbon–sulfur and sulfur–chlorine bonds not only react with each other (recombination or disproportionation), but also abstract a hydrogen atom from the macromolecule of polyethylene or ethylene–propylene rubber, providing crosslinking of macromolecules, accompanied by an increase in the strength properties of composites based thereon.