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Materials Sciences and Applications, 2011, 2, 692-699 doi:10.4236/msa.2011.26095 Published Online June 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/msa) Evaluation of Lignin-Calcium Complex as Thermal Stabilizer for Poly Vinyl Chloride Hussein Ali Shnawa Polymer Research Center, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq. Email: hussanqi@ Received December 27th, 2010; revised March 18th, 2011; accepted May 19th, 2011. ABSTRACT Chemical modification of lignin was carried out by reacted it with HI acid, then the modified lignin treated with cal- cium hydroxide to prepare calcium-lignin chelating complex, this derivative was examined as thermal stabilizer for PVC, thermal degradation of PVC neat as blank and containing three weight percents (1, 2, and 4) into polymer was accelerated by heat treatment at 190˚C for 2 h then PVC films were casting from THF solvent with thickness 0.03 mm. Thermal stabilization activity of this derivative was investigated by using infrared spectroscopy, according to the re- sults obtained Calcium-lignin complex have suitable activity to increased PVC stability at low concentration depending on it’s ability to reaction with HCl as well as the chemical structure of lignin that contain phenolic properties. Keywords : Lignin, Modification of Lignin, Poly ( Vinyl Chloride), Thermal Degradation, IR Study 1. Introduction of the leading thermoplastic materials. It stands second in the world after polyethylene so far as production is con- Lignin has a highly branched chemical structure consist- cerned. However, PVC shows low thermal stability [10]. ing of phenol propane unites which are connected mainly It is generally accepted that poly(vinyl chloride), PVC, is together by ether or C–C linkages [1,2]. Because of vari- an unstable polymer when