Solid-s
ta
te nuclear magne
tic resonance (NMR) me
thods are used
to follow
the
thermal degrada
tion of Kry
tox 1506,a common perfluoropolye
ther, following adsorp
tion on
to
the surfaces of
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-Al
2O
3 and a model clay (kaolini
te). Thealumina s
tudies are complemen
ted wi
th
thermogravime
tric analysis (TGA)
to follow
the degrada
tion processmacroscopically. Molecular-level de
tails are revealed
through
19F magic-angle spinning (MAS),
27Al MAS, and
19F
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ti
ties/rarr.gif">
27Al cross-polariza
tion MAS (CPMAS) NMR. The CPMAS resul
ts show
the
time-dependen
t forma
tion ofprobable
VIAl(O
6 - nF
n) (
n = 1, 2, 3) species in which
the fluorine a
toms are selec
tively associa
ted wi
th oc
tahedrallycoordina
ted aluminum a
toms. For
the alumina sys
tem,
the changes in peak shapes of
the CP spec
tra over
time sugges
tthe early forma
tion of ca
taly
tically ac
tive degrada
tion produc
ts, which in
turn lead
to
the forma
tion of addi
tionalperfluoropolye
ther degrada
tion produc
ts. Similar
to
the alumina sys
tem,
the kaolini
te sys
tem also displays new resonancesin bo
th
the
27Al MAS and
19F
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ti
ties/rarr.gif">
27Al CPMAS spec
tra af
ter
thermal
trea
tmen
t a
t 300
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ti
ties/deg.gif">C for up
to 20 h bu
t revealsa more dis
tinc
t species a
t -15.5 ppm
tha
t forms a
t the expense of an ini
tial species (3 ppm), which is in grea
terabundance a
t shor
ter hea
ting
times.