Vaporization in superheated oligomer and polymer liquids

The method of impulsive heating of a wire probe is used to measure the spontaneous boiling point of commercial synthetic isoprene rubber and its solutions in saturated hydrocarbons, polyethylene glycols, and polyethylsiloxanes with allowance for thermal degradation of the polymer. A formula is obtained to describe the dependence of the boiling point of the polymer solution on heating time. 15 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.