Table 2. Reaction Conditions for Microwave-Assisted, Acid-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Aliphatic PAs in the Presence and Absence of Reinforcement Additives^a.

					irradiation conditions
entry	sample	m(PA) (g)		c(HCl) (g/mol)	T (°C)	t (min)	degree of conversion (%)
1	PA 66	5.03	0.5	2.27	200	5	50.8
2						20	54.1
3						40	54.7
4		5.03	1	5.56	200	5	95.6
5						20	98.3
6						40	99.1
7		4.00	1.25	5.56	170	3.5b	80.9
8						5	87.9
9						10	95.2
10						20	99.4
11						30	100
12					200	5	99.9
13						10	100
14		2.00	1.25	2.27	200	5	99.7
15						10	100
16	PA 66-GF35	6.18	1.25	5.56	170	60	95.2
17		3.09		2.27	200	10	99.8
18						15	100
19		4.00	1.92	5.56	200	10	100
20	PA 11	3.27	1.25	2.27	200	5	64.9
21						20	94.9
22						40	100
23		3.27	2.5	5.56	200	5	92.7
24						6b	98.2
25						7.5	99.3
26						10	100
27	PA 11-GF30	2.33	2.5	2.27	200	10	99.6
28						15	100
29	PA 11-CF30	2.33	2.5	2.27	200	10	98.6
30						15	99.5
31						20	100
32	PA 12	3.51	2.5	5.56	200	5	86.9
33						6.5b	98.7
34						10	100
35	PA 12-GF50	3.51	5	5.56	200	10	99.4
36						15	100
37	PA 1010	3.00	2.5	5.56	200	7.5b	94.7
38						10	96.2
39						15	99.7
40						17	100

^aVolume of the HCl solution was 8 mL in all experiments.

^bReaction time when all pellets were dissolved at the selected reaction temperature.