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Simultaneous TG/DTG–DSC–FTIR characterization of collagen in inert and oxidative atmospheres

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In this paper, a TG/DTG–DSC–FTIR study of type I collagen extracted from bovine Achilles tendon both in inert (nitrogen) and oxidative atmosphere (synthetic air and oxygen) from room temperature to 700 °C was performed. The thermal analysis results have shown that after initial dehydration, collagen exhibits a single decomposition step in nitrogen (due to pyrolysis), while in air and oxygen two steps are observed due to thermo-oxidative decomposition, the latter being highly exothermic. The CO2 bands dominate the FTIR spectra of evolved gases in all atmospheres (especially in air and oxygen), along with the characteristic bands of ammonia, water, HNCO, methane. In nitrogen, the bands of pyrrole, HCN, and ethane were also identified, while in oxidative atmospheres, nitrogen oxides and CO are released. A study was also performed by comparing the DTG and gas evolution curves observed for the three atmospheres.

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This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI, Project Number PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0047.

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Cucos, A., Budrugeac, P. Simultaneous TG/DTG–DSC–FTIR characterization of collagen in inert and oxidative atmospheres. J Therm Anal Calorim 115, 2079–2087 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-013-3116-1

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