AbstractEffects of bisphenol A type epoxy compounds involving various average molecular weights on the zinc stearate/calcium stearate and the cadmium stearate/barium stearate synergetic soaps induced thermal stabilization of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) were investigated by colorimetry. The remarkable stabilization effects of epoxides could not be observed on the PVC films without synergetic soaps, while the stabilization of PVC was markedly enhanced by combined use of epoxides and synergetic soaps. The appearance of excessive coloration of cool color producing metal chloride–polyene complexes which were an origin of abrupt discoloration of stabilized PVC was retarded by using epoxides together with synergetic soaps. Moreover, as for PVC with or without synergetic soaps, the epoxy compounds did not inhibit the formation of longer polyene chains which were a chromophore for yellow orange of aged PVC. Further colorimetries and IR or X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopies on the various PVC containing epoxy compounds and zinc chloride indicated that the epoxy groups caught the zinc chloride. The synergetic effect between epoxy compounds and synergetic metal soaps is ascribed to the action that the epoxides serve as an acceptor for the excessive cool color producing metal chloride produced from zinc stearate and cadmium stearate to retard the abrupt discoloration of stabilized
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