Table 3.

Pyrolysis of fluorinated polymers^a

Polymer	Temperature	Wt. Of sample	Total volatilized products	Light volatiles b
	°C	mg	%	%
Polyhexafluoropentyleneadipate	$\{\begin{array}{r}\hfill 350\\ \hfill 415\end{array}$	28.4	39.5	3.9
		28.4	98.9	2.6
FEP 100 X	$\{\begin{array}{r}\hfill 455\\ \hfill 478\\ \hfill 505\\ \hfill 545\end{array}$	38.5	10.8	83.9
		30.8	21.8	83.1
		21.5	39.4	79.2
		18.4	92.4	75.0
VFHP-A	$\{\begin{array}{r}\hfill 385\\ \hfill 405\\ \hfill 500\end{array}$	16.4	12.5	40.0
		30.9	57.1	34.7
		19.8	94.9	30.0
F 3700	$\{\begin{array}{r}\hfill 355\\ \hfill 380\\ \hfill 405\end{array}$	22.5	4.5	32.0
		17.6	24.2	25.5
		21.5	85.4	23.1
F 5500	$\{\begin{array}{r}\hfill 375\\ \hfill 405\\ \hfill 435\end{array}$	24.6	10.8	17.4
		21.1	56.6	15.7
		19.3	99.2	10.6

^aThirty-minute periods of pyrolysis.

^bBased on amount of total volatiles.