ABSTRACT

NEMAT AKIF OGLU GULIYEV,1 FUZULI AKBER OGLU NASIROV,1,2 and NAZIL FAZIL OGLU JANIBAYOV1

1Institute of Petrochemical Processes of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan, E-mail: j.nazil@yahoo.com

2Petkim Petrokimya Holding, Izmir, Turkiye, E-mail: fnasirov@ petkim.com.tr

27.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 345 27.2 Experimental Part ....................................................................... 346 27.3 Results and Discussion .............................................................. 348 27.4 Conclusions ................................................................................ 355 Keywords .............................................................................................. 355 References ............................................................................................. 355

27.1 INTRODUCTION

Syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene is a photodegradable polymer with molecular irregularities-double bonds in its polymeric backbone. Studies have

shown a 95% property loss after photodegradable materials have been exposed to direct sunlight over a year.