Éatude de l'influence du tetrahydrofurane sur la radioreticulation du chlorure de polyvinyle

In this paper an attempt was made to explain the crosslinking mechanism of PVC, when irradiated in the presence of tetrahydrofurane. Taking into account several experimental results, a very likely conclusion seems to be that a bridge between two PVC molecules consists in a THF molecule, of which the ring has been opened by the combined effects of the irradiation and of the chlorine or hydrochloric acid evolved from the PVC.