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Thermal properties of recycled triphenylphosphite (TPP) chain extended poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) was investigated. As the TPP concentration increases, both reaction residues and molecular mass increase affecting significantly the thermal properties and crystallization behavior of the material. The presence of TPP residues did not affect the crystalline melt temperature (T m), but modified the glass transition temperature (T g), the crystallization temperature on heating (T hc) and the crystallization temperature on cooling (T cc). In the samples submitted to extraction with acetone, the properties were influenced by molecular mass changes, probably due to the presence of some insoluble reaction residue. The thermal stability of the sample purified by extraction after chain extension was comparable to that of the non-extended sample when heating was carried out under nitrogen atmosphere.
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Dias, M.L., Nascimento, C.R. Thermal properties of post-consumer PET processed in presence of phosphites. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 69, 551–559 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019963923884
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